The Everyday Ayurveda Guide to Self-Care by Kate O'Donnell

Author:Kate O'Donnell [O'Donnell, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2020-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

Diet

♦ Favor sweet, bitter, and astringent tastes.

♦ Avoid things that heat the body from within, such as alcohol, ferments, spicy food, and acidic fruits and vegetables such as oranges and tomatoes.

♦ Enjoy lighter foods, such as legumes, rice, quinoa, coconut, juicy sweet fruits, and fresh cooling vegetables such as cucumber and zucchini.

♦ A plant-based diet works well in summer, when so many varieties are in season.

Many bitter and astringent-tasting spices can be enjoyed as cool herbal waters, especially fennel, coriander, mint, cardamom, and lavender. These drinks, taken regularly, will hydrate the body as well as cool the blood. If heat is getting blocked in your digestive tract (sometimes a reaction to dehydration from dry heat is constipation), have Triphala Tea (see this page) at night until the heat feels relieved.

Ayurveda texts make special mention of rice, milk, sugar, grapes, and coconut water for their ability to cool the body. In this respect, grapes are considered the king of fruits (see Cardamom-Ginger Grape Elixir on this page). Aloe vera is a very bitter plant that can be used to make juice that cools the body, which is why we have a section of aloe coolers in chapter 10. A thin rice kanjee, served at room temperature or even cool, is another healing food to hydrate and nourish when your appetite is low (see this page). If you have a stronger appetite, you can make it with almond or cow’s milk instead of water.

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