Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Mango Juice With Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron


How to Make Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron

INGREDIENTS

1 tsp
1 c
1/2 c
1 pinch
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Heat the saffron in a plate over boiling water and then crush in a mortar and pestle. Add freshly ground cardamom. Warm the water and add to the mortar and pestle to brew the saffron and cardamom. Pour into a blender with the prepared mango and blend. Pour into a glass and add 1 tsp ghee. The water should be warm enough to melt the ghee.

About This Recipe

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Protects ojas. Heating, sticky mangoes aggravate Pitta, especially if you eat a whole bag of them in the hot midday sun sitting in Zocolo, Mexico city, watching a government protest from the nearby tiendas. The spices help digestion, but the sattvic quality of saffron is clearly overwhelmed by the rajasic, sexy mango.

WHAT IS MANGO JUICE WITH GHEE, CARDAMOM & SAFFRON?

Warm, rich, heavy, and golden. Saffron adds depth and delicacy to the sticky, juicy sensuality of a mangoes. Bring a toothpick!

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Metabolic Impact of Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC IMPACT / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Impact / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). 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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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

Active Ingredients: Water, Saffron, Cardamom

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

Active Ingredients: Mango

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

Active Ingredients: Mango, Ghee

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Saffron

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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.

Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cardamom, Water

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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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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Mango, Ghee

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (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
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Pitta 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
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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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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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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Other Health Virtues

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.

Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cardamom

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron
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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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.

Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cardamom

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Relieves Burning

MILD RELIEVES-BURNING

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

Active Ingredients: Water, Ghee

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cardamom

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Mango, Saffron, Ghee

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cardamom

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

Active Ingredients: Mango

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Diuretic

STRONG 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.

Active Ingredients: Mango, Saffron, Cardamom

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Constituents:
5a Reductase Inhibitor

STRONG 5A-REDUCTASE-INHIBITOR

Active Ingredients: Mango

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Saponins

MILD SAPONINS

Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

Active Ingredients: Saffron

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron

  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Carminative, Nutritive, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Fenugreek

    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Carminative, Nutritive, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Diuretic, Carminative, Soothes-throat

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  • Dill (Fresh)

    Dill (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic

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  • Dill (Dried)

    Dill (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Cardamom

    Cardamom has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Carminative, Stimulates-energy

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic

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  • Kelp

    Kelp has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Diuretic, Nutritive

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron

  • Hyssop Powder

    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Carminative

    LEARN MORE

  • Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

    Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

    Relieves-burning, Soothes-throat, Carminative, Nutritive

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  • Wild Yam

    Wild Yam has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

    LEARN MORE

  • Pushkaramoola

    Pushkaramoola has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

    LEARN MORE

  • Draksha Digestive Tonic

    Draksha Digestive Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Hops

    Hops has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

    LEARN MORE

  • KapiKacchu

    KapiKacchu has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Kushta

    Kushta has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Carminative, Diaphoretic

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Carminative

    LEARN MORE

  • Red Clover

    Red Clover has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nutritive, Relieves-burning

    LEARN MORE


Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Mango Juice with Ghee, Cardamom & Saffron. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, offers professional clinical training in personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, classical Christian philosophy for mental wellness, languages (French, Arabic, Bengali), cooking & 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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