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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Carob, Tahini & Honey Dessert Tonic


Reported by John Immel ASHEVILLE, NC

How to Make Carob, Tahini & Honey Dessert Tonic

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
1/2 tsp
1/4 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Mix all ingredients together and serve.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Honey & sesame strengthen and tonify. Cinnamon warms while vanilla makes this recipe soothing.

Carob provides bulk fiber and a rustic toasty background.

Perfect for building strength.

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Metabolic Effects of Carob, Tahini & Honey Dessert Tonic

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Carob

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Cinnamon, Tahini

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Carob

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Carob, Tahini, Cinnamon

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Carob, Cinnamon

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Other Health Virtues

Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Carob, Tahini & Honey Dessert Tonic
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Warms Abdomen

MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN

Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Appetite Suppressant

MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

Active Ingredients: Carob

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High Fiber Laxative

MILD HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE

A class of laxative that adds bulk and water to stools. The large size of the stool stimulates peristalsis so the stool can pass more easily through the colon. It is important to drink plenty of water when using high fiber laxatives, as they can be dehydr

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

MILD NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Stimulates Energy

STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini, Cinnamon

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Satisfies Stomach

MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Builds Stamina

MILD BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini

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Tonic

STRONG TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Tahini

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Cinnamon

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Warms Chest

MILD WARMS-CHEST

Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Irritates Throat

MILD IRRITATES-THROAT

Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Cardiac Stimulant

MILD CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Bone Tonic

MILD BONE-TONIC

An herb that strengthens the bones and joints.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Constituents:
Coumarin

STRONG COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Cinnamon

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Aromatase Inhibitor

STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Calcium

CALCIUM

Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.

Active Ingredients: Tahini, Carob

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Magnesium

MILD MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Polyphenols

MILD POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Potassium

MILD POTASSIUM

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Protein

MILD PROTEIN

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Tannins

MILD TANNINS

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Carbohydrate

MILD CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Iron

MILD IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Insoluble Fiber

MILD INSOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Inositol

MILD INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

Active Ingredients: Carob

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Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Tahini

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Carob, Tahini & Honey Dessert Tonic

  • Tahini

    Tahini has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Warms-abdomen, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Bone-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    High-fiber-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Bone-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Bone-tonic, Nutritive, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Egg Yolk

    Egg Yolk has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Satisfies-stomach, Warms-chest

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothes-throat

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  • Lamb

    Lamb has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Bone-tonic, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothes-throat, Nutritive

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  • Pistachio

    Pistachio has these Actions in Common

    High-fiber-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive

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  • Beef

    Beef has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Satisfies-stomach, Warms-chest

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  • Hemp Seed

    Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

    High-fiber-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothes-throat, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Satisfies-stomach, Tonic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Carob, Tahini & Honey Dessert Tonic

  • Balarishta- Vitality Tonic

    Balarishta- Vitality Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Warms-abdomen

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Bone-tonic, Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Joint Oil Soak (Sandhi / Kati / Griva Basti)

    Joint Oil Soak (Sandhi / Kati / Griva Basti) has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic, Bone-tonic

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  • Bala Taila

    Bala Taila has these Actions in Common

    Bone-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Maca

    Maca has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Trikatu

    Trikatu has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Warms-abdomen

    LEARN MORE

  • Regular exercise

    Regular exercise has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

    LEARN MORE

  • Damiana

    Damiana has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Warms-abdomen

    LEARN MORE

  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Builds-stamina, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE


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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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