Chicken Liver & Cinnamon Soup |
| 1 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 4 whole | |
| 4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 2 whole | |
| 2 clove | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 whole |
Fry the livers, onion, and garlic in the oil. Mash with a mortar and pestle or blend with 1/2c water. Bring the 4c water to a boil. Add all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Simmer on low heat until rice is tender, about twenty minutes.
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Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Carrot, Garlic, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Lime
Active Ingredients: Water, Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt), Lime
Active Ingredients: Potato, Carrot, Yellow Onion, Raisins, Cinnamon, Chicken Liver
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.
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon
MILD QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Water, Lime
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD RELIEVES-BURNING Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.
Active Ingredients: Water
STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.
Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Potato, Garlic
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: Potato
Active Ingredients: Potato, Chicken Liver
MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon, Raisins
MILD BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Chicken Liver
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Carrot, Potato, Chicken Liver, Sunflower Oil, Raisins
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Garlic, Cinnamon, Lime
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Garlic, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD SOOTHES-THROAT Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon
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
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon, Garlic, Lime
STRONG 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: Black Pepper, Cinnamon
STRONG BLOOD-TONIC An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
Active Ingredients: Chicken Liver, Black Pepper, Carrot, Raisins
STRONG VASODILATOR A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Garlic
Active Ingredients: Carrot, Garlic, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Chicken Liver, Carrot, Raisins
STRONG CHOLAGOGUE Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Carrot, Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG GALACTAGOGUE Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.
Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Garlic, Cinnamon
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Garlic, Carrot
STRONG SULPHUR Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Garlic
STRONG POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Garlic
STRONG SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Garlic
STRONG SULFATED-POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion, Garlic
STRONG COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Carrot, Cinnamon
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Carrot
MILD VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Potato
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Carrot
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Carrot
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Chicken Liver, Sunflower Oil
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Potato
MILD PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Chicken Liver
MILD RUTIN Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.
Active Ingredients: Lime
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & 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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