Dr. Helen Thomas DC

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Groggy All Day, Sluggish Thinking,Depressed? Ayurveda Has Kapha Tea for that.

Kapha body type has a tendency toward getting into a mental imbalance that presents with symptoms such as groggy all day, sluggish thinking, and feeling depressed.

Your Body type drives your emotional and physical tendencies. slow, grounded, solid, relaxed when in balance.

Kapha types are earthy, heavy, with full, gently curving figures or powerful, muscular builds and great endurance; you can find yourself getting lost in their large wide eyes.

They act and think methodically—they need a long time to digest information and food and are slow to get out of bed in the morning. When in balance, kaphas are calm, graceful, loving, nurturing, sympathetic, forgiving, and slow to anger. Kaphas, however, seek comfort from eating and tend to obesity and may gain weight just by looking at chocolate cream pie.

Their earthiness and steadiness can slide into heaviness of heart and spirit, and a rigid adherence to the status quo. This dosha most strongly feels the need for a strong morning espresso, and may be sluggish in general. Because of its steadiness and inertia, Kapha is least likely to go out of balance and cause ill health.

KAPHA-STABILIZING TEA "KAPHA-STABILIZING TEA"

This stimulating beverage serves to invigorate kapha mentally and physically, which tends to become more sluggish when out of balance. Boil 4 cups water in a stainless steel saucepan. Reduce heat and stir in:

1 teaspoon whole cardamon seeds, slightly crushed 1 teaspoon whole cloves

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1 tablespoon peeled and chopped fresh ginger

1 drop of Cayenne extract(optional)

Let simmer, covered, for at least 10 minutes. To serve, strain and add honey to sweeten if desired. This makes about 31/2 cups.

At first glance changing your diet seems the most logical place to begin to better support your agni. The Ayurvedic diet has gotten a lot of attention, and eating is something that everyone does anyway.

So some people find this is the aspect that they can relate to and plug into most easily. However, diet isn't the only thing that affects the three systems of the body, nervous, digestive and immune —and it may not even be the most important thing.

In the process they forget there are other senses besides taste, and they bypass other practices, especially those involving their emotional lives. Like movement, dance or walks are so important for this body type.

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