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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!
Cool. What type of tea?