Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Yogurt Lassi With Hing, Cilantro & Salt


How to Make Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt

  • SERVINGS: 3
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • MEAL: DRINK
  • STYLE: AYURVEDIC

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Chop cilantro. Puree all ingredients in blender with 1c water. Serve.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Great to drink after too many gassy / spicy foods.

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Metabolic Impact of Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC IMPACT / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Impact / 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: Hing (Asafoetida)

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Hing (Asafoetida)

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Hing (Asafoetida), Water, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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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: Cilantro, Water

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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: Cilantro, Hing (Asafoetida)

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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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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes and is laxative, and drying.

Active Ingredients: Hing (Asafoetida), Cilantro

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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

Active Ingredients: Hing (Asafoetida), Cilantro, Salt (Mineral Salt)

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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 Vata pacifying

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
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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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
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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Other Health Virtues

Aromatic

STRONG 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: Hing (Asafoetida)

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt
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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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Water

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Relieves Burning

MILD RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

Active Ingredients: Water

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Hing (Asafoetida), Cilantro

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Refreshing

MILD REFRESHING

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

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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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: Cilantro

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Constituents:
Nitric Oxide

NITRIC-OXIDE

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

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Coumarin

MILD COUMARIN

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

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Cilantro

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Sodium

MILD SODIUM

Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt

  • Honey Dew

    Honey Dew has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Relieves-burning, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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  • Summer Squash

    Summer Squash has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning, Diuretic

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  • Ice cube

    Ice cube has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Quenches-thirst

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  • Orange

    Orange has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Quenches-thirst

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  • Pears

    Pears has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Relieves-burning

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Quenches-thirst

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  • Grapefruit

    Grapefruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Ajwain

    Ajwain has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Diuretic

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Relieves-burning

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  • Hibiscus

    Hibiscus has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Relieves-burning

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  • Cilantro

    Cilantro has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt

  • Shilajit Tonic

    Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Hyssop Powder

    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam)

    Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam) has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Relieves-burning, Diuretic

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

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

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Long inhale, short exhale

    Long inhale, short exhale has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Reduced lemon juice

    Reduced lemon juice has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Cold Shower / Bath

    Cold Shower / Bath has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Kapha Massage Oil

    Kapha Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Yogurt Lassi with Hing, Cilantro & Salt. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly & Magnolia Hill College, offers professional clinical training in 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's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, classical Christian philosophy for mental wellness, languages (French, Arabic, Bengali), 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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