College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

College of Ayurvedic Diet & Digestion

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Kale With Lemon & Paprika


How to Make Kale with Lemon & Paprika

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 tsp
1 lbs
1/4 whole
2 pinch
2 pinch
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Add a small amount of water to the bottom of the saucepan. Strip kale of the central vein, chop into small pieces, and add to the water. Bring to a boil, add remaining ingredients and cover. Lower heat and simmer until Kale turns a dull green color.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

"Heating bitters" wake up cold Kapha and get the blood moving. Heating foods improve circulation and dilate blood vessels. Bitters and sour lemon flush the liver. The result is a Kapha cleanse that energizes and awakens.

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 Kale with Lemon & Paprika Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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Metabolic Nature of Kale with Lemon & Paprika

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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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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

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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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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

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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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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

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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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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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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
AGGRAVATES
Vata aggravating

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
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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AGGRAVATES
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Kale with Lemon & Paprika
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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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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Stool Softener

STOOL-SOFTENER

Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.

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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

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

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Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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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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Flushes Membranes

FLUSHES-MEMBRANES

Herbs in this category stimulate mucus membranes to release fluids, flushing them out.

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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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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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Blood Thinner

BLOOD-THINNER

Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.

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Vasodilator

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.

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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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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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Lowers Blood Sugar

LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR

An herb that lowers blood sugar.

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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.

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Lowers Thyroid

LOWERS-THYROID

Reduces thyroid function. Useful for people with hyperthyroid.

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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.

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Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

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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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, Potassium, Vitamin K, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Quercitin,
Calcium

CALCIUM

Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.

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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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  • Dandelion Leaves

    Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-peristalsis, Alterative, Blood-thinner, General-laxative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-energy, Appetite-suppressant

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  • Turmeric

    Turmeric has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-tonic, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Anti-inflammatory, Burns-toxins, Flushes-sinuses, Lowers-blood-sugar, Blood-thinner, Cholagogue, Hypolipidemic, Vasodilator

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  • Kale

    Kale has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Hypolipidemic, Lowers-thyroid, Appetite-suppressant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Cholagogue, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stimulates-peristalsis

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Stimulates-energy, Blood-thinner, General-laxative, Stool-softener, Alterative, Blood-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator

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  • Allspice

    Allspice has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-peristalsis, Cardiac-stimulant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stool-softener, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator

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  • Turmeric Root (Fresh)

    Turmeric Root (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative, Burns-toxins, Flushes-sinuses, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Hypolipidemic, Blood-tonic

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  • Mustard Greens

    Mustard Greens has these Actions in Common

    Blood-thinner, Hypolipidemic, Lowers-thyroid, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-peristalsis, Appetite-suppressant, General-laxative, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Lowers-blood-sugar, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator, Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic

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  • Aloe Vera Juice / Gel

    Aloe Vera Juice / Gel has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-thinner, Hypolipidemic, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Appetite-suppressant, General-laxative, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Cilantro

    Cilantro has these Actions in Common

    Blood-thinner, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Burns-toxins, Hypolipidemic, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Blood-thinner, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Kale with Lemon & Paprika

  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Digestive, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Stimulates-energy

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Vasodilator, Burns-toxins, Cardiac-stimulant

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  • Guggulu

    Guggulu has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Vasodilator, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Blood-tonic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Stool-softener, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Dong Quai

    Dong Quai has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Vasodilator, Blood-thinner, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Stool-softener, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Yellow Dock

    Yellow Dock has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic

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  • Triphala Guggulu

    Triphala Guggulu has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stool-softener, Blood-thinner

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  • Yogaraj Guggulu

    Yogaraj Guggulu has these Actions in Common

    Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Burns-toxins, Cardiac-stimulant

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  • Belly breathing

    Belly breathing has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stimulates-energy

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  • Manjistha

    Manjistha has these Actions in Common

    Vasodilator, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-thinner, Blood-tonic, Diaphoretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant

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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. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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