Kanji / Congee

Kanji is very thin gruel. (Chinese medicine uses ‘congee’ to describe the same gruel).

Kanji is given when agni is very low and a lighter diet is needed. It is usually made by cooking one part grain in 14 parts water until soup is very thin.
The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs – KP Khalsa & Michael Tierra, page 58.

AYURVEDA EIGHT FACTORS OF DIET AND DIETETICS

Factor   English

DetaiL

Prakruti (or Svabhava)   Nature of the food  Basic energetics, ex. heavy

Karana (or Samskara)  Processing method  Modifications, ex., decoction, roasting, churning

Samyoga

Food combining  Avoiding improper combinations

Rasi (or Matra) Food quantity  Appropriate amounts for health

Desa  Habitat, climateAppropriate for season and location

KalaCurrent state of patient  Effect of food on that stage of disease

Upayoga samstha  Rules for eating  Personal tolerances

Upayokta   Wholesomeness of patient  Readiness to eat

The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs – Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa & Michael Tierra,  page 42.

 

Anthelmintic

  • Eliminates and/or destroys internal parasites
  • Western Classification: cooling, purging
  • TCM Category: eliminating, inhibiting, moving

The Way of Chinese Herbs – Michael Tierra page 130
Anthelmintic Herbs in TCM Module 3 slide 24 include:
Betel nut
Pumpkin seed
Garlic bulb

In Immune mod 3 slide 51 to 53

Srota – channel, tube

The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs – KP Singh Khalsa & Michael Tierra page 52

Western Therapeutic Properties

  • Vomiting
  • Purging
  • Harmonizing
  • Warming
  • Cooling
  • Supplementing
  • Reducing

The Way of Chinese Herbs – Michael Tierra, page 129

Blood Type AB

  • Most recent blood type
  • Rarest blood type
  • Do very well on a vegetarian  diet
  • Can easily digest dairy, grains, and domesticated meat

Healing with the Herbs of Life – Lesley Tierra, page 315

Blood Type B

  • Appeared after the introduction of grains into the diet
  • Can handle wide range of animal products, dairy, and complex carbohydrate
  • Should avoid chicken and sesame seeds/oil – causes clumping

Healing with the Herbs of Life – Lesley Tierra, page 315

Blood Type A

  • Generally does well with vegetarian diet
  • Need protein from lean and carbohydrate sources
  • Tolerate more grains, legumes, and vegetables
  • Should limit intake of red meat and dairy

Healing with Herbs of Life – Lesley Tierra, page 315

Blood Type O

Blood Type O

  • Oldest and most common blood type
  • Derived from the original hunter-gatherer population
  • Tend to need higher amounts of full proteins in the diet
  • Should eat copious amounts of raw and part cooked vegetables, some fruit, plenty of water, and lots of exercise to offset stagnating effects of full diet.
  • Avoid pork products and refined grains and flour products

Healing with the Herbs of Life – Lesley Tierra, page 315

Metabolic Power

Metabolic power is the ability to digest food normally.

Healing with the Herbs of Life – Lesley Tierra, page 314