Spicy Pumpkin Chai |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 2 pinch | |
| 2 pinch | |
| 2 pinch |
Buy pureed pumpkin in a can for a shorter prep time. Canned pumpkin is also less gassy than whole pumpkins.
To puree whole pumpkins:
1. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Baking makes the skin peel easily.
2. Chop and mix the pumpkin with the almond milk and spices and puree in a blender.
3. Bring to a boil in a saucepan and serve warm.
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Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Ginger (Dried)
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Pumpkin, Ghee, Cinnamon, Almond Milk
Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Cloves, Cinnamon
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: Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmeg
Active Ingredients: Cloves
MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.
Active Ingredients: Cloves
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Nutmeg, Cloves, Cinnamon, Salt (Mineral Salt)
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: Cloves, Nutmeg, Cinnamon
STRONG APPETIZER Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Ghee, Pumpkin
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves
STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Nutmeg, Pumpkin
STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar
STRONG NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
Active Ingredients: Cloves, Nutmeg, Pumpkin
STRONG MAKES-JITTERY Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar
MILD NUMBS-ANASTHETIC Inhibits sensation in a particular area.
Active Ingredients: Cloves
MILD RELAXES-EYES Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD NERVE-STIMULANT Provide short lived stimulation of the nervous system.
Active Ingredients: Nutmeg
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Ghee, Pumpkin, Almond Milk
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cloves, Cinnamon
STRONG WARMS-CHEST Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cloves, Cinnamon
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon
MILD SOOTHES-THROAT Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon
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 (Dried), Cinnamon, Cloves
STRONG WARMS-EARS Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cloves
MILD WARMS-HEAD An herb that increases sensations of heat and warmth in the head.
Active Ingredients: Cloves
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 (Dried), Cloves
Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Pumpkin
MILD RELIEVES-TENSION An herb that releases tightness, constriction, and rigidity in a muscle.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
STRONG CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Pumpkin, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon
MILD VITAMIN-A Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD BETA-CAROTENE Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD IRON Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Pumpkin
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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