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How to Make Chai Spiced YogurtSERVINGS: 1 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES SKILL LEVEL: EASY
INGREDIENTSSKILL LEVEL: EASY
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PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1. Blend ingredients together in a blender and serve.
2. Add sugar to taste or feel free to substitute honey. This small change will help those with cold digestion to digest yogurt even easier.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Cool, smooth and sweet Chai Spiced Yogurt is a calming start to a hot summer's day. Heavy, grounding yogurt makes you feel calm, cool and collected. The enjoyable aromatic spices are a delightful complement to the creaminess of yogurt and help to prevent mucus from forming. Sweetened Yogurt blended with ground Indian spices nutmeg, cardamom and cinnamon taste just like a delicious chai.
Digest without MucusCinnamon warms your digestion, so that the cold yogurt does not create mucus. The aromatic spices will also help to reduce colic and cramping of the digestive tract. Aromatic cardamom also plays a part in preventing a runny nose after yogurt. If you still notice increased congestion after eating yogurt, substitute honey as your sweetener.
Love Your LiverYogurt is a tonic for a stressed out liver. The liver is especially susceptible to exhaustion in the summer, so cool, sour yogurt comes as a welcome relief. Cinnamon helps your body receive the benefits to your liver by easing digestion.
Make your own Yogurt!It's easy to make your own fresh yogurt at home! Simply boil 1c milk, let cool till room temperature and add a tbsp of live culture yogurt. Most yogurts from the grocery contain live cultures. Wrap the yogurt in a towel and store in a warm place. By morning you will have fresh yogurt. After a few days, the yogurt begins to sour. I make yogurt daily in small quantities one cup at a time. It takes very little preparation time.
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Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)
Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick.
Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.
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| GOOEY ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.
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Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.
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Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
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Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.
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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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| ASTRINGENT ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.
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The Three Doshas / Body Types
According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person.
Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness.
Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency.
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The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
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(doshas),
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Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.
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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.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Chai Spiced Yogurt 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.
, Makes Jittery, , Sedative SEDATIVE
Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.
SEE ALL 'SEDATIVE' FOODS / HERBS , , Demulcent DEMULCENT
Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.
SEE ALL 'DEMULCENT' FOODS / HERBS Warms Chest WARMS-CHEST
Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
SEE ALL 'WARMS-CHEST' FOODS / HERBS , , Cardiac Stimulant CARDIAC-STIMULANT
Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
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Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
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Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.
SEE ALL 'APHRODISIAC' FOODS / HERBS , , Emmenagogue EMMENAGOGUE
Herbs which stimulate menstruation. Emmenagogues are used for scanty menstruation, to relieve menstrual pain, and improve blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus.
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Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, hear palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
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Foods with a Similar Nature to Chai Spiced Yogurt
Cinnamon
Cinnamon has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Galactagogue, Warms-chest, Decongestant, Diuretic, Soothes-throat, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy
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Mustard
Mustard has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up
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Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up, Decongestant, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy
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Mustard Powder
Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up, Decongestant, Emmenagogue, Warms-chest
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Saffron
Saffron has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Galactagogue, Stimulates-energy, Diuretic, Nutritive, Aphrodisiac, Emmenagogue, Sedative
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Fenugreek
Fenugreek has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Galactagogue, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Nutritive, Demulcent, Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy
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Rosemary
Rosemary has these Actions in Common
Warms-chest, Decongestant, Nerve-stimulant, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue
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Basil
Basil has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Decongestant, Galactagogue, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Nerve-stimulant
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Garlic
Garlic has these Actions in Common
Aphrodisiac, Galactagogue, Diaphoretic, Makes-you-tired, Antispasmodic, Diuretic, Sedative
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Coffee
Coffee has these Actions in Common
Makes-you-tired, Wakes-you-up, Diuretic, Nerve-stimulant, Makes-jittery, Stimulates-energy
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Nigella (black cumin)
Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant, Galactagogue
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Chai Spiced Yogurt
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Sedative, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Warms-chest
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Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag)
Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag) has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Galactagogue, Nerve-stimulant
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Shilajit Tonic
Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common
Nerve-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Aphrodisiac, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic
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Wild Ginger
Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common
Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)
Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Nerve-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)
Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Nerve-stimulant, Stimulates-energy
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Angelica
Angelica has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy
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Gokshura
Gokshura has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Diuretic, Nutritive, Sedative
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Vidari
Vidari has these Actions in Common
Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Aphrodisiac, Demulcent, Diuretic, Galactagogue
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Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Galactagogue, Nutritive, Sedative, Antispasmodic, Aphrodisiac
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John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel,
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In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots,
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Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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Store bought yogurt is ok, but tends to be more Pitta aggravating.
I added some maple syrup- not sure if that's cool? Also, used Greek yogurt- not sure about the difference?
- Donna Joy, Shepherdstown, WV , 01-13-15 ( Reply)
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