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Dandelion With Sweet Potato & Cinnamon

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How to Make Dandelion with Sweet Potato & Cinnamon

SERVINGS: 4
PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES

STYLE: WESTERN
PREPARATION: BOILED
FOR OCCASION: CLEANSE

INGREDIENTS

1 c
1 tbsp
2 tbsp
2 c
1 clove
1/2 whole
1/2 lbs
1/4 tsp
1/4 tsp
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Boil sweet potatoes with salt until soft. Meanwhile sautee dandelions with onions and garlic. Add cinnamon, black pepper, lemon and garnish with a pinch of salt. Gently strain and mix sweet potato with greens to avoid breaking. Garnish with chopped walnuts.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

The bitter dandelion leaves and warm cinnamon balance the sweet potato. As a combination, heating bitters keep Kapha circulation open while the bitters thin the blood and move lymph.

WHAT IS DANDELION WITH SWEET POTATO & CINNAMON?

Dandelions are wild! Green and orange combine nicely with warm cinnamon and hearty nuts.

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Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances. With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you. Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature. By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health. See How it Works.

Is Dandelion with Sweet Potato & Cinnamon Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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INCREASES
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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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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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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.

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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TASTES
Taste Help

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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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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DOSHAS
Dosha Help

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. Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses. The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.

The 3 functional body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha). Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry. 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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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating Vata aggravating
HAS THE FOLLOWING
Subtaste:
Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

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HERBAL ACTIONS
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Dandelion with Sweet Potato & Cinnamon
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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.

Stimulates Peristalsis

STIMULATES-PERISTALSIS

An herb that promotes involuntary smooth muscle contractions to facilitate the movement of food and waste through the digestive tract.

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Appetite Suppressant

APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.

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Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Builds Stamina

BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

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

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Decongestant

DECONGESTANT

An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.

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Expectorant

EXPECTORANT

Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.

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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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Diuretic

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.

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Irritates Kidney

IRRITATES-KIDNEY

Tight, sharp pain just below ribs in the back.

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Cholagogue

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.

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Galactagogue

GALACTAGOGUE

Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.

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Constituents:
Tannins, Alpha Linolenic Acid,
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

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, Fats, Essential Fatty Acids,
Phytates

PHYTATES

Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.

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, Protein, Melatonin, Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Vitamin A, Potassium, Vitamin C,
Saponins

SAPONINS

Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).

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, Sulphur, Sulfated Polysaccharides,
Rutin

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.

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, Polysaccharides,
Nitric Oxide

NITRIC-OXIDE

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

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Betaine

BETAINE

Used to reduce homocysteine in the blood, which supports proper liver function and prevents fatigue and blood clots. Improves muscle stamina and weight loss.

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Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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Inositol

INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

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Iron

IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Galactagogue, Stimulates-energy, Decongestant, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Soothes-throat

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Daikon Radish

Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

Cholagogue, Digestive, Flushes-sinuses, Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Expectorant

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Fenugreek

Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

Cholagogue, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Nutritive, Digestive, Galactagogue, Stimulates-energy

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Mustard Powder

Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Flushes-sinuses, Decongestant

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Mustard

Mustard has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Flushes-sinuses, Decongestant, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant

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Mustard Seed

Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Flushes-sinuses, Decongestant, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant

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Dandelion Leaves

Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common

Appetite-suppressant, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-peristalsis, Digestive, Irritates-kidney

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Fennel Seeds

Fennel Seeds has these Actions in Common

Digestive, Galactagogue, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Decongestant, Expectorant, Stimulates-energy

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Garlic (raw)

Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common

Cholagogue, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Decongestant, Expectorant, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses

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Spanish Black Radish

Spanish Black Radish has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue, Expectorant

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Tofu

Tofu has these Actions in Common

Appetite-suppressant, Irritates-kidney, Satisfies-stomach, Diuretic, Makes-you-tired, Galactagogue, Nutritive

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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Dandelion with Sweet Potato & Cinnamon

Belly breathing

Belly breathing has these Actions in Common

Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive

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Breathing Exercises

Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant

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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, Expectorant

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Punarnava

Punarnava has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Builds-stamina

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Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant

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Epsom Salt Bath

Epsom Salt Bath has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Flushes-sinuses, Internal-detoxicant

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Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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Hyssop Powder

Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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Saw Palmetto

Saw Palmetto has these Actions in Common

Soothes-throat, Digestive, Diuretic, Expectorant, Galactagogue, Nutritive

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Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Expectorant, Internal-detoxicant, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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This calls exclusively for the dandelion greens? Not the bloom as well? Thank you!
- love2bike2, Mount horeb, WI , 03-15-13 (Reply)
The bloom would be a great addition. Thanks for the tip.
This recipe is excellent! If you're a health nut or just a person who appreciates good food, this is the recipe for you! When I eat this, I can't even taste the bitter dandelion and I receive all the benefits of it at the same time! When I make this for dinner, my skin glows the next day.
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