Cilantro Jade Soup With Crunchy Cucumber & Lime |
| 64 g | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 2 c | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 inch | |
| 1/4 whole |
Chop the cilantro and ginger. Blend with 2c water in a blender and strain. Slice the cucumbers thinly, dice, and add to the cilantro. Add juice from lime, salt, and oil. Cucumber adds texture. Garnish with coconut shavings or bean sprouts and mint.
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Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber, Sunflower Oil, Lime
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber, Lime
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Lime, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Ginger (Fresh), Lime
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Salt (Mineral Salt), Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Cilantro
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.
STRONG QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Cucumber, Lime
STRONG ANTACID Herbs that neutralize acidity in the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach in particular.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro
STRONG INTERNAL-DETOXICANT Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber, Salt (Mineral Salt), Ginger (Fresh), Lime
MILD WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Ginger (Fresh), Lime
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG SOOTHES-THROAT Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.
Active Ingredients: Cucumber
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG IMMUNE-CALMING Herbs that interrupt an allergic reaction or calm the immune system, useful in allergies and autoimmune conditions.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro
STRONG ANTIPYRETIC Reduces a fever / febrifuge.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro
STRONG REFRIGERANT An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber, Lime
STRONG ALTERATIVE Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Lime
STRONG BLOOD-THINNER Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG DIURETIC 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.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber
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: Cilantro, Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG HYPOLIPIDEMIC Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber
STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Lime
STRONG COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro
STRONG SALICYLATES Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.
Active Ingredients: Cucumber
STRONG VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Cucumber
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
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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