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This was such a wonderfully informative post! Can you tell me where you buy Tulsi? I would love to incorporate it into my diet! Also, how do you use Turmeric? I have some organic Turmeric but am not sure how to take it or how much to take daily. Thank you for posting! Upvoted, Followed you.
Tulsi is available from Banyan Botanicals or on amazon.com
I take 1 1/2 teaspoons a day of powdered Turmeric. Adding black pepper increases Turmerics' benefits manyfold.
Thanks a lot! I looked on Amazon and found the powder. Is that what you use? I was about to order some of the tea bags but if the powder is better I will get that.
I have an ayurvedic lifestyle and use herbs as churnas (powders) where the taste is an important aspect of the experience.
Using the tea is good too, however you also get the non-soluable benefits when taking the whole herb.
I hope his helps @ indmissbl
Oh my goodness! I just listened to a podcast interview with Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary and today I bought her book, "The Prime!" Have you heard of her? I am thrilled that this tea is good for the ayurvedic lifestyle! SO COOL that I met you! I ordered the powder and I will start taking the Turmeric and black pepper too! I look forward to reading your other posts. Thanks so much!
You are entirely welcome @indmissbl. I'm unfamiliar with Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary however ayurveda has saved me many times over the last 30 years.
I'll admit to goofing off just reading and commenting. Soon I start posting, talkin' story of my eclectic life. :-)
I so look forward to hearing some of your stories! :) I can see the turmeric glow in your skin, now that you mention it!
Although I am really interested in healthy living, I had never even heard of ayurveda until a few days ago when my husband sent me a link to an interview he had heard on the radio. He knew I would be interested and of course, I am. I look forward to reading the book (actually I bought the Audible audio version) and learning more about it.
That's great @indmissbl. I am glad you discovered this amazing science of life. Ayurveda goes way back, probably more than 6 millenia.
If you are enjoying what you are hearing and learning;
I will recommend a couple amazing resources on youtube:
John Douillard , his website is: lifespa.com and
Khabir Southwick, his website is: NaturalHealingWest.com
That is awesome, I have put them in my notes so I can check them out. Thanks!
Yes, taste is an important component of Ayurvedic medicine. Do you take your triphala in hot water at bedtime? mmmmmm... I love giving this to friends and watching their faces. ;)
At times, not regularly, To those not accustomed, it is a bit knarly, including squinchy faces. lol
I get all my ayurvedic herbs from Organic India. My mentor, Prashanti de Jager, is one of the cofounders.
Prashanti is cool, I recently found him on youtube. My introduction to Ayurveda was in the early 90s by Dr Vasant Lad'book. I use Banyan Botanicals and sometimes Vedaliving.com for harder to find herbs.
Awesome. yeah, I will approach him about joining Steemit. When I was first becoming interested in Ayurveda I found the Dr Vasant Lad book on the side of the road in San Francisco, and I asked Prashanti, is this a good book on Ayurveda? I just found it on the street. He looked at me with a curious gaze and said, "That's the book on Ayurveda" hah.. quite an auspicious find. That was 2003, and it's been an incredible journey ever since. I'll check out vedaliving.com, I've used banyan botanicals before, they are also good. :)
Yes invite Prashanti. An auspicious synchronicity in your finding the book.
It appears as if universe favors awakening humans.
Great to meet you @lovejoy, another ayurvedic steemian :-)
~:)
And yes... Ayurvedic steemian.. there's quite a lot to unpack there! hah! Great to meet you too.
Many of the benefits of Turmeric are greatly benefitted by taking it with a good fat of some kind, as it is not particularly water soluble. Many use milk, ghee, ginger, and honey... licorice can also help with assimilation. It's what you see referred to as 'golden milk', and it's an excellent way to deliver the medicine of turmeric deep into your body. Oils act as a delivery system and can reach deep into the body. The normal dose of turmeric is 1-2 grams per day, but you can take much more in the case of recovery from an injury such as a sprain, or any case where there is a lot of inflammation that needs to be reduced.
I am glad to know about the oils acting as a delivery system. It makes sense but I didn't know this before. Do you have a particular way you prefer to take Turmeric? Although I like most herbs and spices, Turmeric is one I have not acquired a taste for yet.
On taking turmeric, I heat some ghee and or coconut oil in a small skillet low heat and add ground spices, including coriander ,turmeric, cumin, fennel, cardamon, and ceylon cinnamon and roast the mix while stirring. This only takes a minute. Then pour it over my veggies, cooked grain or whatever is my main dish. The amounts vary but usually 1/4 teaspoon of each with more of the turmeric and coriander. Turmeric around 3/4 t. and coriander 1 t.
I use more coriander because my ayurvedic constitution is Pitta which is hot and coriander is cooling and helps to balance me.
I grind some black pepper and put on food as it increases the effectiveness of the turmeric.
Sweet pickles and prepared mustard have turmeric in them. So if you like those you probably won't have too hard a time adapting to the taste.
I copied and pasted your ingredients into my notes so I can refer to it later. Thanks! I haven't gotten to the point of figuring out my ayurvedic constitution yet.
You're welcome, I'm glad to help you @indmissbl.
There are many free ayurvedic constitution quizzes online. I will recommend http://www.joyfulbelly.com/. A very comprehensive and amazing site.
Take some quizzes and find your body type, get recommendations on diet and even a personalized book tailored for you. The prices are quite reasonable and worth it. Lots of free stuff like checking herbs. There are charts with foods/herbs and each constitution type and the effects on each body type, very informative and useful. I hope you fine this useful and f you have any questions hit me up :-)
Thank you so much! I found one test on line but it was very brief`. I believe there is one in The Prime but I haven't gotten to it yet. Thanks again, will check out that site! I have begun making some changes suggested in The Prime and I already see a difference. Quite remarkable! Thanks again!!!
You're entirely welcome :-) I'm so glad you follow your intuition.
The changes move more quickly as you transition towards the ayurvedic lifestyle.
Pace yourself and feel the process, no hurry , no worry.
I attribute my good health and longevity to ayurveda.
And I hadn't even heard of it until my husband played a podcast about it for me a few days ago . He knew I would be interested in it and of course I am! I have him drinking the tea and he likes it!