milk and dairy
Soft Cheese
Basically All types of cheese are similar to milk, but more sticky, more Kapha, harder to digest and better for a fast and strong digestion. Soft cheese inhibits strongly the digestive power;...
Salty Cheese
Salty cheese such as Feta cheese, Bulgarian cheese, Zefat cheese is appropriate especially for Vata People with a decent digestion. Taste:sweet, salty Natural Attributes: heavy, oily Tissue impact...
Labneh
Less warming and less wet than yogurt, therefore will not increase Pitta significantly. Especially beneficial for Vata. Properties Taste: sweet, sour Natural Attributes: Heavy, oily Tissue impact...
Ice Cream
Although not recommended often, ice cream, may be very appropriate for Pitta individuals, especially during summer. Best to seek and consume high quality ice cream. Properties Taste: sweet Natural...
Hard Cheese
Hard cheeses, while delicious, are very hard to digest. Too salty and heating for Pitta, to oily and heavy for Kapha, their inherent heaviness makes them a digestive challenge also for the Vata...
Goat Milk
Easier to digest than cow’s milk, exceptional for aiding intestinal absorption. Goat’s milk is frequently considered an exception to many problems with dairy. Goats are usually healthy and clean,...
Dairy Desserts
Taste: sweet Natural Attributes: heavy, oily, sticky, wet Tissue impact (Vipak): nourishing Thermal impact (Virya): cooling Dosha impact: Increases Kapha, decreases Vata and Pitta Digestive impact...
Cream
Cream is easier to digest than cheese, less channel obstructing, a good option for nourishment even if digestion is not very strong. Properties Taste: Sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, oily, sticky...
Cow Butter
Cow butter (unsalted) Cow butter is very good for children and the elderly! Very good for Pitta people or Pitta conditions. The fresher the butter – the better! Butter increases cholesterol, which...
Cheese with Mold
Taste: sweet, pungent,sour Natural Attributes: heavy, oily, sticky Tissue impact (Vipak): nourishing Thermal impact (Virya): neutral Dosha impact: aggravates Kapha and Pitta, pacifies Vata Digestive...
Yogurt
On the one hand Yogurt is warming, ignites digestion and improves assimilation. On the other hand it is heavy, oily and channel blocking. Its channel blocking quality is stronger than its warming...
Yogurt Water
Yogurt water - Mastu Taste: sweet, sour Natural Attributes: light, dry Tissue impact (Vipak): sour, nourishing Thermal impact (Virya): heating Dosha impact: Reduce Vata and Kapha Digestive impact...
Yogurt Cream
Yogurt cream – the cream that builds up on the yogurt cork Taste: sweet Natural Attributes: Heavy, oily Tissue impact (Vipak): sour Thermal impact (Virya): cooling Dosha impact: Decreases Vata,...
Milk
Milk (organic) Milk is beneficial for lean and/or weak individuals suffering from dryness. Straight from the udder, milk is good for all three Doshas, once cooled down it must be boiled or cooked...
Buttermilk
Buttermilk -Thick stirred diluted 3% 3/4 yogurt 1/4 water - (Takra) Greatly valued and used for increasing the body’s ability to absorb food and nutrients. It is a nectar in the cold season, when...
About Milk and Dairy Products
Milk Mother’s milk is the perfect food for a newborn. milk is richly nourishing, soothing for the body and mind, and carries the warmth of life that will help a child develop its own ability for...
The Treatment of Spleen Deficiency and Internal Damp Phlegm
Internal Damp Phlegm Dampness, a Yin disorder, includes any overly wet or moist condition in the body. It can come from the environment, or it can be due to poor diet or internal organ weakness....
The Function of the Spleen
The Spleen Qi is the force in charge of production and supplying of energy for the daily functions of the body. Metaphorically described in Chinese medicine as the minister of economics, it controls...
Spleen Yang Deficiency
If a Spleen-Pancreas deficiency is allowed to worsen, it can degenerate to what is called “Deficiency of digestive fire”. Whenever Fire- the Yang, warming principle, is lacking, such an imbalance...
Spleen Qi Deficiency
Main Indications of Spleen Qi Deficiency It is not necessary to have all of the indications of Spleen Qi Deficiency, but rather a few symptoms would suggest a pattern of Spleen Qi Deficiency:...