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How to Make Lemonade with mint & orange blossom waterSERVINGS: 6 PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 5 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
5 whole | |
1/4 c | |
1 tbsp | |
1/2 c | |
5 c | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Chop fresh mint leaves. Add sugar and 1c water to a small saucepan. Heat and stir until sugar dissolves completely. Mix all remaining ingredients together and refrigerate for a 1/2 hour before serving.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Mint clears the stomach. Lemon increases saliva and gastric juices. A great summer drink to stay hydrated! WHAT IS LEMONADE WITH MINT & ORANGE BLOSSOM WATER?Experiment with mint lemonades and other herbs & aromatic drinks. Discovered in Cafe Baraka, Cambridge, MA. Popular in Tunisia & North Africa.
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 Lemonade with mint & orange blossom water Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
Find out by taking this free, easy quiz.
You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Lemonade with mint & orange blossom water' is a good fit.
Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.
See a complete list of all biocharacteristics.
INCREASES
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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| MOBILE ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MOBILE | 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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| SWEET ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SWEET | DOSHAS
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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Lemonade with mint & orange blossom water 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.
, Carminative CARMINATIVE
Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
SEE ALL 'CARMINATIVE' FOODS / HERBS , Sialogogue SIALOGOGUE
A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a
lesser degree. Astringents.
SEE ALL 'SIALOGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS , 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.
SEE ALL 'STOOL-SOFTENER' FOODS / HERBS , Makes Jittery, , , Stimulates Front Of Brain STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN
Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.
SEE ALL 'STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN' FOODS / HERBS , , 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.
SEE ALL 'EXPECTORANT' FOODS / HERBS , Calms Heart CALMS-HEART
An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'
SEE ALL 'CALMS-HEART' FOODS / HERBS , , 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 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.
SEE ALL 'CHOLAGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Carbohydrate, , 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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Lemon
Lemon has these Actions in Common
Stool-softener, Appetizer, Cholagogue, Flushes-membranes, Refreshes-skin, Relaxes-eyes, Vulnerary, Alterative, Calms-heart, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Refreshing, Sialogogue, Wakes-you-up, Antitussive, Carminative, Expectorant, Quenches-thirst, Refrigerant
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Lime
Lime has these Actions in Common
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Mint
Mint has these Actions in Common
Appetizer, Dopaminergic, Stimulates-crown, Wakes-you-up, Carminative, Refreshes-skin, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-front-of-brain
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Acai
Acai has these Actions in Common
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Orange
Orange has these Actions in Common
Quenches-thirst, Sialogogue, Refreshes-skin, Stimulates-energy, Cholagogue, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up
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Grapefruit
Grapefruit has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Expectorant, Sialogogue, Quenches-thirst, Stimulates-energy
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White Vinegar
White Vinegar has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Expectorant, Sialogogue, Cholagogue, Flushes-membranes, Diaphoretic, General-laxative
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Red Wine Vinegar
Red Wine Vinegar has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Flushes-membranes, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Alterative, Expectorant, Sialogogue
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Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Flushes-membranes, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Alterative, Expectorant, Sialogogue
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Strawberries
Strawberries has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Relaxes-eyes, Quenches-thirst, Sialogogue
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Coffee
Coffee has these Actions in Common
Makes-jittery, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Cholagogue, Makes-you-tired, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Lemonade with mint & orange blossom water
Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Stimulates-energy, Carminative, Stool-softener, General-laxative, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Sialogogue
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Haritaki
Haritaki has these Actions in Common
Carminative, Expectorant, Flushes-membranes, General-laxative, Sialogogue, Stool-softener, Alterative, Vulnerary, Appetizer
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)
Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)
Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
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Licorice Ghee (9oz)
Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common
Expectorant, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Vulnerary, Alterative, Antitussive, Carminative
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Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)
Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common
Antitussive, Carminative, Expectorant, Refrigerant, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning, Vulnerary, Alterative
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Reduced lemon juice
Reduced lemon juice has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Expectorant, Flushes-membranes, Refreshing, Sialogogue, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain
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External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)
External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
General-laxative, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up, Alterative
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Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam
Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common
Expectorant, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy, Stool-softener, Alterative, Antitussive, Carminative
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Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-front-of-brain, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy
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Triphala
Triphala has these Actions in Common
Vulnerary, Alterative, Flushes-membranes, General-laxative, Sialogogue, Stool-softener
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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 6 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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