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Cucumber & Rose Water Spritzer


How to Make Cucumber & Rose Water Spritzer

  • SERVINGS: 2
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • MEAL: DRINK
  • STYLE: WESTERN
  • PREPARATION: RAW, PUREE
  • EAT IN: SUMMER

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 tbsp
1 c
1 tsp
1 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Puree in a blender and serve chilled.

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Medicinal Effects of Cucumber & Rose Water Spritzer

Constitutional nutrition systems use 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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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cucumber, Rose Water, Raw Sugar, Water

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cucumber, Water

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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: Rose Water, Raw Sugar

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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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
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cucumber & Rose Water Spritzer
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: Cucumber, Water

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Relieves Burning

STRONG RELIEVES-BURNING

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

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Water

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Relaxes Eyes

STRONG RELAXES-EYES

Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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Nervine

STRONG NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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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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Calms Heart

STRONG CALMS-HEART

An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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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: Rose Water, Cucumber

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Diuretic

MILD 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: Cucumber

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Constituents:
Nitric Oxide

NITRIC-OXIDE

Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.

Active Ingredients: Cucumber

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Vitamin K

MILD VITAMIN-K

Active Ingredients: Cucumber

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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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Foods with a Similar Nature to Cucumber & Rose Water Spritzer

  • Pears

    Pears has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Calms-heart, Relieves-burning, Quenches-thirst, Soothes-throat

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  • Rose Water

    Rose Water has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Relieves-burning, Refrigerant, Calms-heart, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Honey Dew

    Honey Dew has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning, Refrigerant, Diuretic, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Cucumber

    Cucumber has these Actions in Common

    Soothes-throat, Quenches-thirst, Refrigerant, Diuretic

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  • Hibiscus

    Hibiscus has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Diuretic, Relieves-burning

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Calms-heart, Relaxes-eyes, Quenches-thirst

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  • Summer Squash

    Summer Squash has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning, Diuretic

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  • Ice cube

    Ice cube has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Soothes-throat, Quenches-thirst

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  • Cabbage (cooked)

    Cabbage (cooked) has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning

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  • Bok Choy

    Bok Choy has these Actions in Common

    Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    Soothes-throat, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Cucumber & Rose Water Spritzer

  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Calms-heart, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat

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  • Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

    Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat

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  • Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam)

    Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam) has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-burning, Diuretic, Nervine, Quenches-thirst

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  • Chandanadi Taila

    Chandanadi Taila has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Refrigerant, Relieves-burning

    LEARN MORE

  • Borage Leaf

    Borage Leaf has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refrigerant, Soothes-throat

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  • Triphala Ghee (9oz)

    Triphala Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Diuretic, Nervine

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  • Pitta Shirodhara Oil

    Pitta Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Nervine, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Kutaja Bark

    Kutaja Bark has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refrigerant, Relieves-burning

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  • Self Massage

    Self Massage has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Relaxes-eyes, Calms-heart

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  • Shatavari Ghee

    Shatavari Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Refrigerant, Relieves-burning

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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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