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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Wild Persimmon Pudding


How to Make Wild Persimmon Pudding

INGREDIENTS

1/2 c
20 whole
1/4 c
3 tbsp
3 whole
2 tsp
2 c
1 tsp
1 tsp
1 tsp
1 c
1 tsp
1/2 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Mix together with a whisk.
2 c mashed persimmon (about 20 American or 6 Asian persimmons)
3 eggs

Mix together:
1/4c molasses
1tsp vanilla
2 1/2 c almond milk
1/2 to 3/4c sugar
2-3 Tbsp ghee

Add:
1 1/2 c spelt flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp grated fresh nutmeg

Pour in a greased pan and bake one hour at 325 or until knife comes out clean.

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Medicinal Effects of Wild Persimmon Pudding

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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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Ginger (Dried), Molasses

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Persimmons, Cinnamon, Spelt Flour, Eggs

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Persimmons, Nutmeg, Eggs, Spelt Flour, Ghee, Almond Milk

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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: Raw Sugar, Persimmons, Cinnamon, Spelt Flour, Molasses, Eggs, Ghee, Almond Milk

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Persimmons, Nutmeg, Cinnamon

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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
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha 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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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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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
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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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: Cinnamon, Nutmeg

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Acrid

ACRID

Acrid taste is a combination of bitter and pungent tastes. Example include radish, turnip, and coffee.

Active Ingredients: Molasses

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Wild Persimmon Pudding
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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Warms Abdomen

MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN

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

Active Ingredients: Molasses

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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Molasses

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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

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

Active Ingredients: Persimmons, Ghee, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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Stool Softener

STRONG 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.

Active Ingredients: Persimmons, Molasses, Ghee, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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Makes You Tired

STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Nutmeg, Spelt Flour

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Makes Jittery

MAKES-JITTERY

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

MILD 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: Nutmeg

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Stimulates Energy

STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon, Ginger (Dried), Molasses

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Satisfies Stomach

MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Eggs, Spelt Flour

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Nutritive

STRONG NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Persimmons, Molasses, Ghee, Spelt Flour, Eggs, Almond Milk

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Diaphoretic

STRONG DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Cinnamon

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Soothing

SOOTHING

Calms and alleviates irritation, discomfort or pain in a particular region.

Active Ingredients: Persimmons

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Demulcent

STRONG DEMULCENT

Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Persimmons, Cinnamon, Spelt Flour, Almond Milk

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Warms Chest

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), Cinnamon, Molasses

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Irritates Throat

STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT

Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon, Ginger (Dried)

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Soothes Throat

MILD SOOTHES-THROAT

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

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Warms Ears

STRONG WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Dried), Molasses

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Cardiac Stimulant

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

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Warms Head

MILD WARMS-HEAD

An herb that increases sensations of heat and warmth in the head.

Active Ingredients: Molasses

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Hemostatic

STRONG HEMOSTATIC

An herb that stops bleeding.

Active Ingredients: Persimmons, Nutmeg, Cinnamon

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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: Cinnamon

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Emmenagogue

STRONG EMMENAGOGUE

Herbs which stimulate menstruation. Emmenagogues are used for scanty menstruation, to relieve menstrual pain, and improve blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus.

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Cinnamon

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Muscle Relaxant

STRONG MUSCLE-RELAXANT

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

Active Ingredients: Nutmeg, Molasses

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Relieves Tension

MILD RELIEVES-TENSION

An herb that releases tightness, constriction, and rigidity in a muscle.

Active Ingredients: Molasses

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Constituents:
Carbohydrate

STRONG CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Spelt Flour

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Tannins

STRONG TANNINS

Active Ingredients: Persimmons

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Coumarin

COUMARIN

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

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Ghee, Eggs, Almond Milk

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Iron

MILD IRON

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

Active Ingredients: Molasses

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Inositol

MILD INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

Active Ingredients: Spelt Flour, Eggs

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    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Warms-head, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Wakes-you-up, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Relieves-tension, Warms-abdomen

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Warms-abdomen, Warms-head, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Wakes-you-up, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Relieves-tension

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  • Sorghum Molasses

    Sorghum Molasses has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Quenches-thirst, Stool-softener, Warms-ears, Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension, Warms-abdomen, Warms-head

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  • Molasses

    Molasses has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension, Warms-abdomen, Warms-head, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Quenches-thirst, Stool-softener, Warms-ears

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  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Emmenagogue, Soothes-throat, Diaphoretic, Hemostatic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Irritates-throat, Warms-chest

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  • Amaranth

    Amaranth has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Hemostatic, Nutritive, Soothing, Demulcent, Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension

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  • Popped Amaranth

    Popped Amaranth has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension, Diuretic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Hemostatic, Nutritive, Soothing

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, Soothing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Demulcent, Nutritive, Soothes-throat

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach, Demulcent, Nutritive, Soothing, Hemostatic, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Horseradish

    Horseradish has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, General-laxative, Warms-abdomen, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Warms-chest

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    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic, Warms-head

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

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

    Warms-ears, Warms-head, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Warms-chest

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Relieves-tension, Soothing, Demulcent, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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    Vidari has these Actions in Common

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    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

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    Warms-head, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Muscle-relaxant, Relieves-tension, Warms-chest

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant

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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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