| As always, there's more than one way of doing | | | | harmony and balance. |
| things. When it comes to healing stomach pain this is | | | | The extra digestive juices " power-up" to burn up |
| also true. | | | | the food, you feel even more discomfort and so you |
| As a registered professional nurse I advocate that | | | | take more medicine. All the while the food is still |
| you visit your doctor if you have complaints or | | | | sitting there and you get no benefits from it. |
| symptoms, to get a proper diagnosis. But as a | | | | Meanwhile you continue trying to shut of the wisdom |
| certified nutritional specialist and Ayurveda | | | | of your body. Instead of getting vibrant energy from |
| practitioner, I can tell you that there are many | | | | your food you get pain and discomfort. |
| common foods that can be used to effectively | | | | Try this Pitta Pacifying Ayurvedic recipe whenever |
| reverse discomfort and illness in the digestive tract. | | | | you feel excess heat in your body. |
| Most common prescription and over-the-counter | | | | PITTA TEA |
| drugs actually make the problem worse. Think about | | | | ~~In a medium saucepan bring to boil 4 cups of |
| it, if the drugs worked, why are so many people still | | | | water. |
| having problems, and why do pharmaceutical | | | | ~~ Add the following spices: |
| companies keep coming out with new drugs, | | | | 1 teaspoon fennel seeds |
| shouldn't the old ones be working? Why do the drugs | | | | 1 teaspoon coriander seeds |
| work for a few months and then you have to take | | | | 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds |
| more pills to get the same results? | | | | 10 fresh mint leaves |
| Listen to the wisdom of your body. It's telling you | | | | ~~Bring the water to a boil for 5 minutes and then |
| there is another way.....A way that works with your | | | | steep for 3-5 minutes. |
| body and digestion, not against it. To get relief from | | | | ~~ Add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice while it is |
| chronic indigestion, pain, and reflux....... prescription | | | | steeping. |
| medications shut off your digestive juices and | | | | ~~Strain the tea and pour into a pot or thermos. |
| enzymes, the very things that your body needs to | | | | ~~Sweeten with a pitta appropriate sweetener such |
| relieve the problem. When the flow of digestive juice | | | | as Sucanat, raw organic sugar. |
| is shut off, you get relief, but the food that you ate | | | | ENJOY! throughout the day to relieve and heal the |
| doesn't get digested. The undigested food sits in | | | | symptoms and distress of acid reflux and indigestion. |
| your stomach and literally rots. Your body is so | | | | When taken regularly this recipe can relieve and heal |
| intelligent, it recognizes that this lump of food is | | | | and repair the digestive disorders common to Pitta |
| sitting someplace it shouldn't be and it turns on the | | | | dosha. |
| juices again, even stronger......in an attempt to restore | | | | |