by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 1, 2020 | Ayurvedic Recipes, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Dietary & Nutritional Counseling, Eating with the Seasons, Eating with the Seasons Recipes, Green Living, Kapha, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine, Living with the Seasons in Chinese Medicine Recipes, Natural Food Recipes, Pitta, Plant Based Recipes, Seasonal Recipes, Spring
Ayurvedic Dandelion Greens for Spring are a great cleansing vegetable, excellent year round, but especially good in Spring. They are a wonderful Sattvic food that helps to cleanse the body of the ama dosha that accumulates naturally over the winter months. Green...
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, M.S., L.Ac. | Aug 29, 2017 | Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Vata, Wellness
Epazote Mexican Herb to Relieve Gas is popular as a fresh herb in southern Mexican cuisine. It is most famously used in black beans, and is said to have a “carminative” effect. Carminative herbs and spices are medicines that, in the terms of European...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Mar 14, 2017 | Natural Food Recipes, Plant Based Recipes, Vata
Vegan, Gluten-Free Thumbprint Cookies with Jam Low-Sugar, Vegan Thumbprint Cookies are fun to make! Kids love making them and eating them. A great way to get nutrient dense nuts, seeds, and legumes into the diet. I grind my pumpkin seeds and roasted chickpeas in my...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | 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...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | 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...
