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Hibiscus Blueberry Jello


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How to Make Hibiscus Blueberry Jello

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
3 tbsp
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
1 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Note: This recipe calls for blueberry juice, not whole blueberries.

1. Boil 3 cups of water. Add jaggery & dry hibiscus. You may use a tea ball or strain after steeping. Steep for 10 minutes.

2. In a separate large bowl, pour 1 cup of blueberry juice. Add the gelatin and mix thoroughly. Let sit one minute.

3. Then add hot hibiscus tea to the gelatin mixture. Stir once or twice or until gelatin is completely dissolved. It will become thinner.

4. Pour into a 12x8 inch baking pan. Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Cut into squares, or any other wonderful shape you like.

Garnish with fresh rose petals and serve!

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Cool and refreshing Hibiscus Blueberry Jello dessert helps you beat the heat. Your summer picnic isn't complete without it.

This jello helps you enjoy a little luxury and sweetness that is so needed when the summer heat saps you of energy and depletes your body of electrolytes. In moderation, it is healthy to enjoy sweet treats in summer.

Hibiscus flower is the perfect refrigerant, which is why Hibiscus is so popular as an herb south of the border. In summer, everyone needs to have a few refrigerants on hand.

Blueberry juice, cooling and tart, is like a cool shade tree - helping you feel grounded. A rose petal garnish adds elegance and beauty.

Cooling & Soothing

This delectably smooth dessert is perfect for firey pitta and sluggish kapha in the summer, two body types taxed by heat and humidity. Hibiscus' astringency re-tones flushed, overheated skin. Sweet taste in the summer time is quite soothing to body and mind. Pitta tempers and summer headaches will be instantly quenched by it's cool action and silken texture.

A Dessert for Hypertension

Have you ever heard of a dessert that eases hypertension? Yes it's possible! Hibiscus Blueberry Jello begins with a strong herbal infusion of hibiscus flowers, known to reduce blood pressure due to its diuretic action. Hibiscus also thins the blood, helping your circulatory system.

Great for Weight Loss

The cooling and astringent action of Hibiscus Jello suppresses excess hunger and appetite, meanwhile satisfying your sweet tooth. Its diuretic action reduces excess water weight and puffiness. Meanwhile, improved circulation naturally revitalizes your metabolism.

Great for Kids

As we all know, Jello declares fun to children. For a little one who is maxed out by the heat, this sweet treat will cool and calm quite quickly. Keep some in the refrigerator- it's easy to make and will take care of both you and your child in a heated moment.

A Word about Gelatin

Gelatin is a controversial ingredient. Like all ingredients, however, there is a spectrum of quality. Gelatin from grass fed animals can be a healthy protein source and improves skin and hair quality. If you are not a vegetarian, kosher gelatin from a good source doesn't have to be a politically incorrect choice. Knowing this, a whole world of jello is opened up. Hibiscus Blueberry Jello is a great place to start!

AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

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 Hibiscus Blueberry Jello Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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Metabolic Nature of Hibiscus Blueberry Jello

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). 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.

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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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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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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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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 Hibiscus Blueberry Jello
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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Appetite Suppressant

APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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Relieves Burning

RELIEVES-BURNING

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

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Relaxes Eyes

RELAXES-EYES

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

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.

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Relaxes Solar Plexus

RELAXES-SOLAR-PLEXUS

Soothes and comforts the muscles of the upper abdomen, reducing any tension or pressure in the solar plexus area.

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

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

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

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

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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.

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Blood Tonic

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.

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Hypotensive

HYPOTENSIVE

An herb that lowers blood pressure.

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Opthalmic

OPTHALMIC

Benefits the eyes, vision tonic.

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Refrigerant

REFRIGERANT

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

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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.

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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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Urinary Tonic

URINARY-TONIC

An herb that tonifies and strengthens the urinary system. These can be helpful for urinary incontinence or improving function after a urinary tract infection. They can also strengthen the bladder to ward off a urinary tract infection.

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Hair Growth Tonic

HAIR-GROWTH-TONIC

An herb or formula that encourages healthy hair growth.

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Constituents:
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.

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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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, Beta Carotene, Vitamin K,
Resveratrol

RESVERATROL

Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.

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Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

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, Vitamin C, Soluble Fiber

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda 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 7 kids live in Asheville, NC

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E.J. McCaffrey Clyde, OH
2014-06-06
“I used agar it worked fine....very refreshing....hit with my foody friends!"
Laurie Brooklyn, NY
2017-06-02
“I would just like to point out, for readers considering substitution, that the kosher gelatin I am getting comes from bovine hide (skin)- not hooves - and contains collagen protein. Collagen protein is good for skin hair and nails, healthy and strong bones, cartilage and tendons, contributes to a balanced diet and helps maintain weight. There is also natural glycine to benefit the central nervous, digestive and immune systems. For those who still include some meats in their diets, it is a part of whole animal nutrition which supplies an abundance of collagen. There is nothing wrong with a 80% fiber agar substitute, but to do so changes the benefits and effects of the recipe greatly. Either way, enjoy!"
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