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The Nature of Vata Dosha and How to Pacify It

by | Aug 21, 2013 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Spices, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Vata Imbalance

The way to prepare dishes that pacify Vata Dosha is to first understand what Vatta embodies. Vata dosha is the manifestation of Air and Space in our human bodies. Air and Space in its pure state is cold and dry. Air only becomes warm due to the effects of fire from...

Using Spices in Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine to Protect Your Digestive Fire in Summer

by | Jul 9, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Ayurvedic Recipes, Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spices, Summer

In summer we sweat and our yang energy or heat keeps getting dispersed and exhausted. On freezing cold days you feel cold, but on boiling hot days you sweat and become exhausted. In winter in every culture people eat heavy high-calorie foods, but in summer switch to...

Healthy Summer Fruit Tart

by | May 16, 2013 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Summer

A Healthy Summer Fruit Tart is a nutrient dense food full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, flavanoids, antioxidants, and protein, with high amounts of life force from fresh ripe, organic ingredients, and without what’s bad for you–white sugar, artificial...

Come in from the Cold Ayurveda Winter Tea

by | Jan 12, 2013 | Chinese Medicine Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Green Living, Kapha, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Wellness, Winter

Tonight it was quite cold for San Diego and I walked to my friend’s house and then we went out again, so when we came back in I made an Ayurveda winter tea.  We put on a small kettle and I placed in the tea pot: Fresh Ginger Slices, 5 Cloves 4 Cassia Twig 1...

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