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Peach Rosewater Lassi With Cardamom


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How to Make Peach Rosewater Lassi with Cardamom

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 tbsp
1 tsp
2/3 c
1/2 whole
1/3 c
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Puree in a blender. Garnish with pistachios on top if desired.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

A western twist on the famous Indian lassi. Peach warms cool yogurt, while rosewater adds a sensual soft touch. Light, aromatic cardamom adds depth and complexity to this sweet treat. Best if prepared with fresh-ground cardamom.

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Understanding your child's constitution is key to raising resilience, instead of wiring in disease. Study constitutional medicine to discover the keys to personalized nourishment.

Rooted in the insights curated from Ayurveda and Greek medicine, constitutional medicine teaches you which foods match your body, so you and your family have true vitality, strength, and balance. See How it Works.

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Medicinal Effects of Peach Rosewater Lassi with Cardamom

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / 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: Honey, Water, Cardamom, Peaches

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Honey, Cardamom

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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: Cardamom, Honey, Water

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Water

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Honey, Cardamom

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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: Rose Water, Honey, Peaches

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Honey

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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
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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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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AGGRAVATES
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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Other Health Virtues

Aromatic

STRONG 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: Cardamom

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Peach Rosewater Lassi with Cardamom
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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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Water, Peaches

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Relieves Burning

STRONG RELIEVES-BURNING

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

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Water

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General Laxative

MILD GENERAL-LAXATIVE

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

Active Ingredients: Honey, Peaches

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Relaxes Eyes

STRONG RELAXES-EYES

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

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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Nervine

STRONG NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Cardamom

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Cardamom

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Honey, Peaches, Yogurt

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cardamom

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Calms Heart

STRONG 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.'

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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Rebuilds Fluids

MILD REBUILDS-FLUIDS

Herbs or substances that create moisture in the body and increase fluids.

Active Ingredients: Water

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Diuretic

MILD 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: Cardamom

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Aphrodisiac

STRONG APHRODISIAC

Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.

Active Ingredients: Rose Water

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Constituents:
Coumarin

MILD COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

Active Ingredients: Honey

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Peach Rosewater Lassi with Cardamom

  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nutritive, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, Aphrodisiac, Nervine, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Honey Dew

    Honey Dew has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Rebuilds-fluids, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning

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  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Nutritive, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Aphrodisiac, Nervine

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Relaxes-eyes, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy, Calms-heart, Quenches-thirst

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  • Fenugreek

    Fenugreek has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Aphrodisiac, Nervine, Diaphoretic, Nutritive

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  • Rose Water

    Rose Water has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Relaxes-eyes, Calms-heart, Relieves-burning, Nervine

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  • Mango

    Mango has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Aphrodisiac, Nutritive, Diuretic, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Coconut Milk

    Coconut Milk has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Relaxes-eyes, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Aphrodisiac, Nutritive, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Rebuilds-fluids, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Quenches-thirst

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Aphrodisiac, Rebuilds-fluids, Nutritive, Relieves-burning

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Peach Rosewater Lassi with Cardamom

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, General-laxative, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Rebuilds-fluids, Relaxes-eyes, Stimulates-energy

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  • KapiKacchu

    KapiKacchu has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, General-laxative, Nervine

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Calms-heart, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning

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  • Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

    Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids, Relaxes-eyes, Relieves-burning

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  • Pitta Shirodhara Oil

    Pitta Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Calms-heart, Nervine, Nutritive

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  • Maca

    Maca has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Aphrodisiac

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  • Self Massage

    Self Massage has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Calms-heart

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  • Shatavari Ghee

    Shatavari Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Calms-heart, Nutritive, Relieves-burning

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  • Chandraprabha Vati

    Chandraprabha Vati has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, General-laxative, Nervine

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Nervine, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes

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About the Author

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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