Grandma's Chicken Soup |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 8 c | |
| 4 whole | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/4 lbs |
This recipe couldn't be more simple! Carrots, celery, onion, salt, and black pepper form the base stock for many vegetable soups in the west.
1. Slice the carrots, celery and onion.
2. Add together with remaining ingredients in a large pot. Bring to a boil then lower heat and simmer for one hour. Serve hot!
Optional Additions for Added Healing: For a more Indian flavor add a spice paste of ginger, turmeric, cumin, coriander, and fennel sauteed with a bit of ghee. These spices (especially ginger) will help you fight the cold even faster.
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Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Yellow Onion, Celery Stalk, Basmati Rice, Carrot
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Water, Celery Stalk, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Water, Celery Stalk
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Celery Stalk
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Celery Stalk, Salt (Mineral Salt)
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.
Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk
Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk
Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Water
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Celery Stalk, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Water
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
MILD MAKES-YOU-TIRED Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.
Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Chicken
Active Ingredients: Carrot, Basmati Rice, Chicken
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Celery Stalk
STRONG FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
STRONG CARDIAC-STIMULANT Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
STRONG VASODILATOR A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Celery Stalk
STRONG BLOOD-TONIC An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Carrot
Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk, Carrot
MILD 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: Carrot, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Carrot, Celery Stalk
STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Carrot, Celery Stalk, Chicken
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk
MILD POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Carrot
MILD SULFATED-POLYSACCHARIDES Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion
MILD SULPHUR Active Ingredients: Yellow Onion
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Carrot
MILD FOLATE Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk
MILD INSOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Celery Stalk
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Carrot
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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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