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Warming Love Truffle With Chocolate, Cinnamon, Chili & Rose Petals

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How to Make Warming Love Truffle with Chocolate, Cinnamon, Chili & Rose Petals

SERVINGS: 6
PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 30 MINUTES
SKILL LEVEL: MEDIUM

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: MEDIUM
1/2 c
1/2 c
1 tbsp
1 tsp
3/4 tsp
1/4 tsp
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Use 4oz sweetened cacao or 60-70% dark chocolate bar.

  1. Melt chocolate, stirring occasionally
  2. Whisk in other ingredients until smooth
  3. Spread mixture onto a baking sheet with parchment paper, and cool in refrigerator 60-90 minutes.
  4. Scoop and roll into 1 inch balls, or pour into truffle mold.
  5. Roll in date sugar.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Chocolate is a natural vasodilator for female reproductive organs. Sesame builds strength. For Kaphas, enjoy as a hot chocolate tea without tahini.

If taste is not a concern, consider adding 1tsp damiana and 1 tsp fenugreek for stronger hormonal action. Fenugreek is both testosteronic s well as estrogenic - it works for both sexes. Damiana's testosteronic action warms up libido for both sexes.

Note chocolate is not as powerful an aphrodisiac for men. For stronger nourishing of male hormones, substitute ashwagandha for rose petals.

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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. See How it Works.

Is Warming Love Truffle with Chocolate, Cinnamon, Chili & Rose Petals Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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INCREASES
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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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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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OILY

ABOUT OILY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

In Ayurveda, oily refers to anything moistening. More specifically, oily refers to building substances that increases fat, or are themselves fatty. For example, sugar is Oily.

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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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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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DOSHAS
Dosha Help

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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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating
HAS THE FOLLOWING
Subtaste:
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.

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HERBAL ACTIONS
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Warming Love Truffle with Chocolate, Cinnamon, Chili & Rose Petals
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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.

Appetite Suppressant

APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

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Warms Abdomen

WARMS-ABDOMEN

Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

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.

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Relaxes Eyes

RELAXES-EYES

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

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Builds Stamina

BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Warms Chest

WARMS-CHEST

Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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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.

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Vasodilator

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.

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Promotes Fertility

PROMOTES-FERTILITY

An herb that promotes fertility. Generally used by women who wish to become pregnant. These herbs may also help with menstrual problems of deficiency, such as amenorrhea (lack of a period).

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Aphrodisiac

APHRODISIAC

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

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Muscle Relaxant

MUSCLE-RELAXANT

Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.

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Constituents:
Tannins,
Nitric Oxide

NITRIC-OXIDE

Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.

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Flavonoids

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.

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Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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Resveratrol

RESVERATROL

Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.

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Caffeine Methylxanthines

CAFFEINE-METHYLXANTHINES

Methylxanthines are purine alkaloids that have a stimulant and bronchodilating effect.

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Calcium

CALCIUM

Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.

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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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, Protein,
Magnesium

MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

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Iron

IRON

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

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, Fats,
Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

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Mustard Seed

Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Warms-abdomen, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Flushes-sinuses

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Mustard

Mustard has these Actions in Common

Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Warms-abdomen, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Flushes-sinuses

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Mustard Powder

Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Warms-abdomen, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Flushes-sinuses, Vasodilator

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Beets

Beets has these Actions in Common

Relaxes-eyes, Vasodilator, Muscle-relaxant, Satisfies-stomach, Warms-abdomen, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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Cloves

Cloves has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-abdomen, Aphrodisiac, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Warms-chest

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Garlic (raw)

Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common

Aphrodisiac, Flushes-sinuses, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-abdomen

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Alcohol

Alcohol has these Actions in Common

Aphrodisiac, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-abdomen, Muscle-relaxant, Warms-chest

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Tahini

Tahini has these Actions in Common

Promotes-fertility, Warms-abdomen, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy

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Almonds

Almonds has these Actions in Common

Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Aphrodisiac, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach

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Horseradish

Horseradish has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Warms-abdomen, Flushes-sinuses, Warms-chest

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Daikon Radish

Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Warms-abdomen, Flushes-sinuses, Warms-chest

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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Warming Love Truffle with Chocolate, Cinnamon, Chili & Rose Petals

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant

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Balarishta- Vitality Tonic

Balarishta- Vitality Tonic has these Actions in Common

Aphrodisiac, Builds-stamina, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Warms-abdomen

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Damiana

Damiana has these Actions in Common

Warms-abdomen, Aphrodisiac, Builds-stamina, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Promotes-fertility, Stimulates-energy

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Hot Shower

Hot Shower has these Actions in Common

Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Muscle-relaxant

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Hot Bath

Hot Bath has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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Epsom Salt Bath

Epsom Salt Bath has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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Hot Foot Soak

Hot Foot Soak has these Actions in Common

Flushes-sinuses, Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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Inhale Steam

Inhale Steam has these Actions in Common

Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Soothes-throat, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

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

Cardiac-stimulant, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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Shatavari

Shatavari has these Actions in Common

Promotes-fertility, Relaxes-eyes, Soothes-throat, Aphrodisiac, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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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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