by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Sep 2, 2011 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine
Lassi is an Indian drink based on yogurt and water, especially drunk in hot dry weather (some people in India do not eat Yogurt much at all during rainy season, as it is considered heavy and building to Kapha, which builds climactic ally during the monsoon. This is...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Sep 2, 2011 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine
Lassi Summer Yogurt Drink is made from blending yogurt, or kefir, with water and spices, or fruit. While many Indians, especially vegetarians, eat yogurt with spiced foods at lunch time, and drink yogurt mixed with water, during the day, year round, it is especially...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Aug 31, 2011 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Pitta, Spices, Summer
Years ago when I lived in the small village of Kanadukathan, http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=10.175599&lon=78.7842035&z=16&l=0&m=b in Tamil Nadu, India, I learned from my friend Lakkuman to put Cumin seed in the drinking water. Water is by nature...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 28, 2011 | Acupuncture Articles, Ayurveda
Experts Talk About Sinusitis Treatment – NYTimes.com”The sinusitis patients who do well are the ones who really abide by using the Neti pot or the saline irrigation bottles. And whether we add additional medications or not to the saline, it’s that...
by Eyton Shalom | Mar 22, 2011 | Ayurveda, Winter
Winter Papaya Salad with Toasted Black Sesame Papaya is one of the few fruits (the other being banana) that are recommended with other foods. Papaya is especially good with proteins, due to its high levels of the digestive enzymes papain and chymopapain, which act...
by Eyton Shalom | Dec 20, 2010 | Ayurveda, Dosha
Ayurveda: the Formation of Disease through Dosha Vitiation, Weakened Agni/Digestive Fire and Accumulated Ama/Digestive Toxins Ayuveda looks at the formation of disease in the body as the function of two primary factors: One is vitiated or unbalanced Dosha...