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How to Make Red Onion, Tomato & Herb SaladSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
| 3 tbsp | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 4 whole | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 2 pinch | |
| 2 pinch | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Chop the tomatoes. Mix the other ingredients and pour over tomatoes.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Tomatoes aggravate all three doshas slight, but the vinegar helps Kapha digest. This recipe is Pitta provoking! WHAT IS RED ONION, TOMATO & HERB SALAD?Juicy, fleshy tomatoes pungent with onions, vinegar and herbs, italian style.
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.
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Is Red Onion, Tomato & Herb Salad Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
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You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Red Onion, Tomato & Herb Salad' 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.
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INCREASES![Guna Help]()
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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| DIFFICULT ABOUT DIFFICULT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Difficult refers to anything that is difficult to digest, or takes a long time to digest.
LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFICULT CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR LIQUEFIED ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LIQUEFIED MOBILE ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MOBILE | TASTES![Taste Help]()
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.
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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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| | HAS THE FOLLOWING | Subtaste:
AromaticSTRONG 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.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Red Onion, Tomato & Herb Salad ![Help]() 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.
Stimulant Laxative STIMULANT-LAXATIVE
Stimulant laxatives induce bowel movements by stimulating peristaltic movement (the contraction of smooth muscle in the intestines). They are effective when used on a short-term basis. On a long-term basis, they can create dependency. Aka irritant laxativ
SEE ALL 'STIMULANT-LAXATIVE' 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 , Cardiac Stimulant CARDIAC-STIMULANT
Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
SEE ALL 'CARDIAC-STIMULANT' FOODS / HERBS , , , , Antioxidant ANTIOXIDANT
An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.
SEE ALL 'ANTIOXIDANT' FOODS / HERBS Diuretic 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' 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 Aphrodisiac APHRODISIAC
Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.
SEE ALL 'APHRODISIAC' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Melatonin, Potassium, Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
SEE ALL 'NITRIC-OXIDE' FOODS / HERBS , Sulphur, Sulfated Polysaccharides, Saponins SAPONINS
Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
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Garlic (raw)
Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common
Hypotensive, Aphrodisiac, Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses, Stimulant-laxative, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Cholagogue, Diuretic
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Red Onion (raw) has these Actions in Common
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Garlic has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, General-laxative, Diaphoretic, Hypotensive, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Stimulant-laxative
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Diaphoretic, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Warms-head, Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses
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Tomato has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Hypotensive, Aphrodisiac, Quenches-thirst, General-laxative, Stool-softener
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Grape
Grape has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, General-laxative, Aphrodisiac, Quenches-thirst, Diuretic, Stool-softener
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Horseradish
Horseradish has these Actions in Common
General-laxative, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic
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Wasabi
Wasabi has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Red Onion, Tomato & Herb Salad
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Warms-head, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Warms-ears
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Hot Shower
Hot Shower has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Warms-head, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant
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Hot Bath
Hot Bath has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Warms-head, Cardiac-stimulant
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Epsom Salt Bath
Epsom Salt Bath has these Actions in Common
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
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Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diuretic, Warms-ears, Warms-head
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Angelica
Angelica has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Hypotensive
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Hypotensive
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Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Antioxidant, Aphrodisiac, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, Stool-softener
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Mustard Poultice
Mustard Poultice has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses
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Triphala Guggulu
Triphala Guggulu has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, General-laxative, Stool-softener, Cardiac-stimulant
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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 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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