by Eyton Shalom | Jan 30, 2020 | Acupuncture, Ayurveda, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine, Dosha, Pitta, Vata
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the Large Intestine (Colon) that can cause cramps, bloating, gas, pain, diarrhea, or constipation. People with IBS-D will have diarrhea on a regular basis with...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Jan 20, 2020 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Understanding the Doshas, Wellness
What is Kitchari? Kitchari is a Sattvic, light, easy-to-digest, cleansing, detoxifying food that is excellent once a week, at the change of seasons, or any time you feel like giving your digestive system a break. It is also just a normal one-pot-dish you can have for...
by Eyton Shalom | Apr 30, 2019 | Ayurveda, Dosha, Kapha, Spring
Dealing With the Kapha in Spring “Spring becomes what Winter was…” This line from an ancient poet is a perfect expression of the philosophy of preventive medicine that is at the heart of Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine. It explains why we have to deal...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 23, 2017 | Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Recipes, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes
Smoothies for Pitta Dosha People who are Pitta dosha dominant can certainly have more cooling food, as well as raw food that is cooling such as cucumber lettuce and leafy cruciferous veggies sweet fruits coconut flesh, water, and milk milk, butter, ghee And Pitta...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | May 21, 2017 | Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Kapha, Pitta, Spices, Summer, Vata
Smoothies for Vata Dosha in Summer: Eating with the Seasons Smoothies for Vata Dosha in Summer is part two of https://bodymindwellnesscenter.com/smoothies-for-vata-dosha/ . In Ayurveda we eat with the seasons, so you can have more raw in Summer when Pitta is...
by Eyton Shalom | Jul 16, 2016 | Ayurveda, Ayurveda Articles, Dosha, Eating with the Seasons, Green Living, Pitta, Spices, Summer
ProPita Tea is a delicious blend of cooling herbs and spices that makes a naturally refreshing summer tea, whether drunk hot in the morning or room temperature/cool during the day. I love to brew a quart of ProPita tea in the hot weather with two bags, brewing it...