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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Peppermint Cardamom Tea


How to Make Peppermint Cardamom Tea

  • SERVINGS: 1
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • MEAL: DRINK
  • STYLE: AYURVEDIC
  • PREPARATION: RAW, TEA

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 tbsp
1/2 tsp
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Steep 3-5 minutes in 1c hot water. Also works well with lemon balm.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

The aromatic compounds in Peppermint Cardamom Tea refresh your body as they open up circulation and clear mucus. It is perfect for a spring Kapha cleanse or as a summer-time diaphoretic, helping the body sweat and keep cool.

Reduce Spring Puffiness

As the weather warms in spring, the lymphatic system becomes congested and stagnant with toxic buildup in the lymphatic system. Aromatic compounds are essential to revitalize your skin, reduce spring puffiness, and a healthy glow.

Refresh Your Digestion

Aromatics like peppermint and cardamom clear stomach stagnation and indigestion from upper GI heaviness.

Refresh Your Mind & Nervous System

Add a 1/4 tsp Brahmi (gotu kola) to improve circulation to the brain. Gotu Kola is known for its neuroprotective and nootropic (cognition / memory improving brain tonic) effects. Aromatic oils, such as those foudn in peppermint and cardamom, have a nervine (nerve improving) effect - in this case both stimulating the nervous system and relaxing tension for a refreshing yet calming effect.
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Metabolic Effects of Peppermint Cardamom Tea

Classical Metabolic Theory uses 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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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint, Honey

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint, Honey

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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: Cardamom, Mint, Honey

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint, Honey

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Honey, Mint

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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
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
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

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, Mint

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Peppermint Cardamom Tea
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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Appetizer

APPETIZER

Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint

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Carminative

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: Cardamom, Mint

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Antiemetic

MILD ANTIEMETIC

Herbs that reduce nausea or stop vomiting. Generally refreshing, aromatic herbs.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

Active Ingredients: Mint, Cardamom

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Stomachic

MILD STOMACHIC

An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

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

Active Ingredients: Mint, Cardamom

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Stimulates Crown

MILD STIMULATES-CROWN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area at the top of the head.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Stimulates Front Of Brain

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: Mint

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Wakes You Up

MILD WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Dopaminergic

MILD DOPAMINERGIC

Dopamine lifts mood, but also reduces prolactin, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and lutenizing hormone (LH).

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Nervine

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: Cardamom, Mint

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Mint, Cardamom, Honey

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Refreshing

MILD REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint

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Refreshes Skin

MILD REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Antipruritic

MILD ANTIPRURITIC

Antipruritics are herbs that inhibit itching, often associated with skin conditions such as sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites, or contact dermatitis (as in poison ivy rashes).

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Bronchodilator

MILD BRONCHODILATOR

An herb that encourages the widening or opening of the lung airways. They are helpful in wheezing and asthma.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom

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Decongestant

MILD DECONGESTANT

An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom

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Expectorant

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Honey

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Vasodilator

MILD 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: Mint

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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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Antispasmodic

ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Mint

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Constituents:
Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

Active Ingredients: Mint, Honey

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Rosmarinic Acid

MILD ROSMARINIC-ACID

Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Iron

MILD IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Peppermint Cardamom Tea

  • Mint (Fresh)

    Mint (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Digestive, Refreshes-skin, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Dopaminergic, Refreshing, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Nervine, Stimulates-crown, Stomachic, Antipruritic

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Bronchodilator, Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antipruritic, Burns-toxins, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Digestive

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Bronchodilator, Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antipruritic, Burns-toxins, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Vasodilator

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Bronchodilator, Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antipruritic, Burns-toxins, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Vasodilator

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  • Cardamom

    Cardamom has these Actions in Common

    Bronchodilator, Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Burns-toxins, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Appetizer, Carminative, Digestive, Nervine, Antiemetic

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  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Decongestant, Refreshing, Vasodilator, Antiemetic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Nervine, Stomachic

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  • Dill (Fresh)

    Dill (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Stomachic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Nervine, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Dill (Dried)

    Dill (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Expectorant, Stomachic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Nervine, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Diaphoretic

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  • Thyme (fresh)

    Thyme (fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Bronchodilator, Diaphoretic, Nervine, Antispasmodic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Decongestant, Expectorant, Vasodilator

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  • Fennel Seeds

    Fennel Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Decongestant, Expectorant, Stomachic, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Nervine

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Decongestant, Expectorant, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Vasodilator, Carminative, Digestive, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Nature to Peppermint Cardamom Tea

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Bronchodilator, Stimulates-crown, Burns-toxins, Stimulates-energy, Decongestant, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Diaphoretic, Stomachic, Diuretic, Vasodilator, Expectorant, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Appetizer, Refreshing

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Bronchodilator, Vasodilator, Carminative, Wakes-you-up, Decongestant, Digestive, Diuretic, Nervine

    LEARN MORE

  • Thyme White Essential Oil - 1/3 oz

    Thyme White Essential Oil - 1/3 oz has these Actions in Common

    Bronchodilator, Vasodilator, Burns-toxins, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Expectorant, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Appetizer, Stimulates-energy

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Expectorant, Antiemetic, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Appetizer, Burns-toxins, Carminative, Diaphoretic

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  • Pennyroyal

    Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Expectorant, Nervine, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-crown, Appetizer, Vasodilator, Carminative

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Decongestant, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Expectorant, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy

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  • Angelica

    Angelica has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Stomachic, Bronchodilator, Vasodilator, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Expectorant, Nervine

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Expectorant, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Decongestant, Wakes-you-up

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Stomachic, Appetizer, Wakes-you-up, Carminative, Decongestant, Digestive, Nervine, Refreshing

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  • Hyssop Powder

    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Bronchodilator, Vasodilator, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Nervine

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  • Mugwort

    Mugwort has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Nervine, Antiemetic, Stomachic, Antispasmodic, Appetizer, Carminative

    LEARN MORE


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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people 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 also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, 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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