by Eyton Shalom | Feb 11, 2009 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes
Stinging Nettles: Soup and Medicine I first heard about Stinging Nettles when I was a teenager, and I read by the story of Milarepa, “Tibet’s Greatest Yogi,” who used Stinging Nettles as both food and medicine. At one point in his career as an...
by Eyton Shalom | Feb 10, 2009 | Ayurveda, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Pitta, Vata
Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease that affects the large intestine. It should not be confused with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Ulcerative colitis is characterized by the presence of inflammation and ulceration in the intestinal mucosa. The chief...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 19, 2009 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Vata Imbalance
Many people are very concerned with cleansing and “toxins”. Right now Whole Foods has a gigantic post-holiday display across from the dairy aisle with all the ingredients for a radical purgative cleanse. But if people ate a balanced diet, they would not...
by Eyton Shalom | Jan 8, 2009 | Ayurveda, Dosha, Winter
On a recent trip to Mexico City I stayed in the historic district across the street from a sweet little restaurant that became my nightly haunt. A relic from the ’50’s, Cafe La Blanca served a lovely, mild, easy-to-digest vegetable soup that calmed my...