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Cilantro Yogurt Lassi With Cucumber & Sugar


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How to Make Cilantro Yogurt Lassi with Cucumber & Sugar

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
32 g
2 c
1 c
1/2 tsp
1/2 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Puree in a blender and serve. Cucumber optional!

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Cilantro has the unusual quality of stimulating digestion while still cooling the blood, making the eyes feel relaxed and cool as well. Cilantro is thus well-suited to Pitta irritability and indigestion during hot summer months. Vata take heed, cilantro is also a diuretic.

WHAT IS CILANTRO YOGURT LASSI WITH CUCUMBER & SUGAR?

My herb teacher Frank Cook used to say, "It's all about the sauce." A good meal should come with good sauces. We love including cilantro lassi next to summertime rice dishes.

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Medicinal Effects of Cilantro Yogurt Lassi with Cucumber & Sugar

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, hebs, 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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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber, Water, Raw Sugar

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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: Cilantro, Water, Cucumber

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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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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes and is laxative, and drying.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber

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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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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 Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying

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
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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AGGRAVATES
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cilantro Yogurt Lassi with Cucumber & Sugar
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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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Water, Cucumber

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Relieves Burning

MILD RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

Active Ingredients: Water

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Burns Toxins

STRONG BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Refreshing

STRONG REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Stimulates Energy

STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Nutritive

MILD NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Cucumber, Yogurt, Raw Sugar

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Soothes Throat

MILD SOOTHES-THROAT

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

Active Ingredients: Cucumber

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Anti Inflammatory

STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber

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Immune Calming

STRONG IMMUNE-CALMING

Herbs that interrupt an allergic reaction or calm the immune system, useful in allergies and autoimmune conditions.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Antipyretic

STRONG ANTIPYRETIC

Reduces a fever / febrifuge.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Refrigerant

STRONG REFRIGERANT

An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Cucumber

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Alterative

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

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Diuretic

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

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Cholagogue

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

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Constituents:
Nitric Oxide

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

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Coumarin

STRONG COUMARIN

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

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Aromatase Inhibitor

STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Salicylates

MILD SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

Active Ingredients: Cucumber

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Vitamin K

MILD VITAMIN-K

Active Ingredients: Cucumber

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Cilantro Yogurt Lassi with Cucumber & Sugar

  • Cilantro

    Cilantro has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Burns-toxins, Immune-calming, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Refreshing, Antipyretic, Diuretic, Refrigerant

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Refreshing, Alterative, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Anti-inflammatory, Quenches-thirst

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  • Fenugreek

    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Nutritive, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Stimulates-energy, Antipyretic, Diuretic

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  • Ice cube

    Ice cube has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Refrigerant, Quenches-thirst, Soothes-throat, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Cantaloupe / Melons

    Cantaloupe / Melons has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-burning, Alterative, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Refrigerant, Nutritive

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  • Cucumber

    Cucumber has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refrigerant, Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Anti-inflammatory, Quenches-thirst

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  • Pears

    Pears has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning, Refreshing, Soothes-throat, Anti-inflammatory, Refrigerant

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  • Honey Dew

    Honey Dew has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning

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  • Pomegranate

    Pomegranate has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Refrigerant, Alterative, Immune-calming, Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive

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  • Blueberry

    Blueberry has these Actions in Common

    Immune-calming, Refrigerant, Alterative, Nutritive, Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Cilantro Yogurt Lassi with Cucumber & Sugar

  • Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam)

    Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam) has these Actions in Common

    Immune-calming, Quenches-thirst, Alterative, Relieves-burning, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Burns-toxins, Cholagogue, Diuretic

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

    LEARN MORE

  • Neem Leaf

    Neem Leaf has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Immune-calming

    LEARN MORE

  • Goldenseal

    Goldenseal has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Burns-toxins, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Refrigerant

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Immune-calming, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Alterative

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  • Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

    Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

    Immune-calming, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Mahasudarshan

    Mahasudarshan has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic

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  • Nagaradi Kashaya (Amruthotharam)

    Nagaradi Kashaya (Amruthotharam) has these Actions in Common

    Immune-calming, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Burns-toxins, Cholagogue

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  • Guluchyadi Kashayam

    Guluchyadi Kashayam has these Actions in Common

    Immune-calming, Refrigerant, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Cholagogue

    LEARN MORE

  • Dandelion Root

    Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antipyretic, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Refrigerant

    LEARN MORE

  • Cornsilk

    Cornsilk has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue

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About the Author

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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Asshanta Fayetteville, NC
2014-06-27
“Tried this recipe but used less water about 1 cup and a bit more sugar tasted pretty good had it with a rice meal even my child enjoyed it will try it again."
Isabel Santa fe
2015-08-15
“I also used half as much water, 1 cup, and it was still quite watery. It might depend if you are using a regular or a thick yoghurt."
Melinda VanKirk
2025-06-25
“Taste is OK but lacking a bit - I added a little pinch of cardamom which helped but feels like it is still missing something. "
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