Metabolism Boosting Green Tea With Basil & Ginger |
Chop 1/2 inch of fresh ginger. Bring 2c of water and ginger to a boil, and lower to a simmer. Meanwhile chop 10 fresh basil leaves. No need to be exact! After 5 minutes of boiling, remove from heat. Add basil and 1-2 tsps green tea leaves (feel free to use a tea bag). Steep for two-three minutes. Strain by putting a strainer over each cup and pouring tea through. Enjoy!
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Active Ingredients: Basil, Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil, Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Basil
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
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: Ginger (Fresh), Basil, Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
STRONG SPLEEN-TONIC An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Basil, Green Tea
STRONG 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: Ginger (Fresh), Basil
STRONG APPETIZER Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Basil
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG INTERNAL-DETOXICANT Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD STIMULATES-CROWN Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area at the top of the head.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
STRONG REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
MILD DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Basil
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG LUNG-TONIC Strengthens the lungs. Lung tonics include antifibrotic, vessel tonic, or nourishing herbs with an affinity for the lungs. They aid recovery in acute or chronic lung conditions.
Active Ingredients: Basil, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Basil
MILD ANTICARCINOGENIC Herbs that inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of cancer.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
MILD IMMUNE-STIMULANT Stimulates and strengthens the immune system. Helpful when fighting off a cold or flu.
Active Ingredients: Basil
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: Ginger (Fresh), Basil, Green Tea
MILD WARMS-EARS Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.
Active Ingredients: Basil
MILD WARMS-HEAD An herb that increases sensations of heat and warmth in the head.
Active Ingredients: Basil
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: Ginger (Fresh), Basil
STRONG BLOOD-THINNER Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Green Tea
Active Ingredients: Basil, Green Tea
STRONG ANTISPASMODIC Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Basil
MILD COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Basil
MILD 5A-REDUCTASE-INHIBITOR Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD TANNINS Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD CATECHINS Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD POLYPHENOLS Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD SALICYLATES Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD QUERCITIN Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD ROSMARINIC-ACID Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.
Active Ingredients: Basil
MILD IRON Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD CAFFEINE-METHYLXANTHINES Methylxanthines are purine alkaloids that have a stimulant and bronchodilating effect.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Basil
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Green Tea
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach 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 8 kids live in Asheville, NC
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