Thanks, Lynn-- Sorry

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In a message dated 04/03/2002 5:06:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,

lr4444lr writes:

 

<< Sorry for bringing up Ayurveda here, but they don't do much discussion

on that board and I just wanted to clarify what I had done to try and

solve the problem.

 

Please no need to apologize .... I should have said " continued discussion " .

Victoria mentioned the other day that she allows discussion on other

modalities of healing ... I am just not sure as to what extent. Thus, I will

answer your questions here and try to be brief .... with apologies to those

who may not be interested.

 

<< I know that I am predominantly Vata Dosha with a secondary Kapha, which

makes for some trouble since they are almost complete opposites according to

how you treat them by most sources I have found. Anyway, I would not be

surprised if the warmer (and I use that term loosely with this crazy) weather

and the advent of spring

might have made an already teetering overabundance of liver energy

start affecting the spleen/stomach. If you think Dry heat would work,

which foods in general would you recommend and which to avoid?

>>

 

Grains until May for Vata/Kapha include: barley, millet and quinoa as primary

with occasional amaranth, brown or white basmati rice, long or short grain

brown rice and rye. No buckwheat, cooked oats (dry oats ok) or wheat.

 

After May it switches to primary grains as long grain brown rice and wheat

with occasional barley, short or medium grain brown rice, millet, cooked oats

and wild rice. No amaranth, buckwheat, corn quinoa or rye.

 

Use seasonal fruits and vegetables, no raw. Limit sour.

 

Beans: aduki's, lentils, mung dhal and toor dhal as primary with occasional

black beans, chick peas, muth beans, tofu, and urad dhal. No black eyed

peas, kidney beans, limas, navy beans, pinto beans, soybeans, split peas,

tempeh or white beans.

 

Dairy: Primarily cottage cheese, ghee and goat's milk. Occasional butter,

cow's milk and yogurt. No cheese, sour cream, ice cream.

 

Spice: Most all except raw garlic. Cardamom and citrus peel are very good

for drying the Spleen ... ginger very good for warming. Fennel is not as

great for Kapha (but acceptable) ... it is very good for relieving gas and

regulating the Liver.

 

Nuts and seeds: Primarily pumpkin seed, roasted sesame, roasted sunflower

..... no nuts at all.

 

Above is from the book " A Life of Balance " by Maya Tiwari. It's the only

book I have found so far that lists diets for mixed types. The above is only

a sample and if you like Ayurveda I would highly recommend it. I hope this

is of some help.

 

Lynn

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your help. I'll see what I can do about spleen tonification.

Sorry for bringing up Ayurveda here, but they don't do much discussion

on that board and I just wanted to clarify what I had done to try and

solve the problem. I know that I am predominantly Vata Dosha with a

secondary Kapha, which makes for some trouble since they are almost

complete opposites according to how you treat them by most sources I

have found. Anyway, I would not be surprised if the warmer (and I use

that term loosely with this crazy) weather and the advent of spring

might have made an already teetering overabundance of liver energy

start affecting the spleen/stomach. If you think Dry heat would work,

which foods in general would you recommend and which to avoid?

[Guest guest]

>

><< Sorry for bringing up Ayurveda here, but they don't do much discussion

> on that board and I just wanted to clarify what I had done to try and

> solve the problem.

>

>Please no need to apologize .... I should have said " continued discussion " .

>Victoria mentioned the other day that she allows discussion on other

>modalities of healing ... I am just not sure as to what extent. Thus, I

>will

>answer your questions here and try to be brief .... with apologies to those

>who may not be interested.

 

It's fine. Some of the TCM texts I have touch on Ayurveda concepts. You

can put AM: (for Ayurveda Medicine) in the title so readers who aren't

interested can just skip over those posts.

 

Sometimes one system of medicine can give insights into the other and vice

versa. Sometimes a particular system works best when combined with another.

A book I have on Chinese hematology makes the point that when it comes to

some of the more serious blood diseases, a combined Western and TCM strategy

often gives better results than either alone.

 

Western medicine could gain a lot by looking at TCM. Sometimes, just by

changing perspective briefly, solutions will come to the person that would

not have come had the person stayed in the same perspective.

 

Victoria

 

 

 

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