Fennel Stalk With Blueberries & Cilantro |
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How to Make Fennel Stalk with Blueberries & CilantroSERVINGS: 1 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES SKILL LEVEL: EASY
INGREDIENTSSKILL LEVEL: EASY
| 8 g | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/8 whole | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1) Chop cilantro. Cut fennel stalk into strips. Zest lemon.
2) Toss all ingredients together in a salad bowl with juice from one lemon wedge.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
This recipe is ideal for a congested, inflamed lymphatic system. Lemon and fennel dilates vessels, easing peripheral circulation and lymphatic flow. Fennel is a detoxicant and diuretic that reduces congestion of lymphatic fluids. Blueberry is an anti-inflammatory and anti-coagulant.
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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.
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INCREASES![Guna Help]()
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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| 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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Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR MOBILE ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
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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 taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes, laxative, and drying.
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Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.
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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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Aromatic AROMATIC
Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
SEE ALL 'AROMATIC' FOODS / HERBS , Bland BLAND
Bland means doesn't have much taste. In Chinese medicine, bland taste refers to afood without little macronutrients, such as cabbage, radish or bok choy.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Fennel Stalk with Blueberries & Cilantro ![Help]() 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.
Alterative 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.
SEE ALL 'ALTERATIVE' FOODS / HERBS , Antioxidant ANTIOXIDANT
An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.
SEE ALL 'ANTIOXIDANT' FOODS / HERBS , 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS Hypolipidemic 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.
SEE ALL 'HYPOLIPIDEMIC' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
SEE ALL 'NITRIC-OXIDE' FOODS / HERBS , , Vitamin C, , Soluble Fiber, , Flavonoids FLAVONOIDS
Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
SEE ALL 'FLAVONOIDS' FOODS / HERBS , 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.
SEE ALL 'RUTIN' FOODS / HERBS , Resveratrol RESVERATROL
Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.
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Foods with a Similar Nature to Fennel Stalk with Blueberries & Cilantro
Cilantro
Cilantro has these Actions in Common
Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Refreshing, Appetizer, Hypolipidemic, Refrigerant, Alterative
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Dandelion Leaves
Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Hypolipidemic, Alterative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy
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Ginger (Fresh)
Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common
Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory
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Ajwain
Ajwain has these Actions in Common
Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Diuretic, Refreshing
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Lime
Lime has these Actions in Common
Appetizer, Refreshing, Digestive, Refrigerant, Alterative, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up
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Parsley (Fresh)
Parsley (Fresh) has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Appetizer, Hypolipidemic
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Green Tea
Green Tea has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Antioxidant, Refreshing, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic
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Lemon
Lemon has these Actions in Common
Digestive, Refrigerant, Alterative, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Appetizer, Refreshing
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Orange Zest
Orange Zest has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Appetizer, Refreshing, Digestive, Stimulates-energy
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Grapefruit
Grapefruit has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Antioxidant, Refreshing, Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-energy
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Red Leaf Lettuce
Red Leaf Lettuce has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Stimulates-energy, Hypolipidemic, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Refrigerant
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Fennel Stalk with Blueberries & Cilantro
Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Refreshing, Refrigerant, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Wakes-you-up
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Digestive, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant
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Dandelion Root
Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common
Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Refrigerant, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Diuretic
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Shilajit Tonic
Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Refreshing
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Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Appetizer, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy
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Bhumyamalaki
Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant
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External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)
External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Refreshing
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Echinacea
Echinacea has these Actions in Common
Refrigerant, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive
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Arjuna
Arjuna has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Refrigerant, Alterative
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Hawthorne Berry & Flower
Hawthorne Berry & Flower has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Digestive, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Anti-inflammatory
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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda biocharacteristics.
His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel,
as well as public service work in South Asia.
John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem.
His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion.
John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing.
In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots,
and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church.
Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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