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Avocado Juice (Persea americana)

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English name: Alligator pear
Botanical name: Persea americana

 
Properties
  • Sweet in taste
  • Unctuous 
  • Cold in potency
  • Reduces vata & pitta and increases kapha
  • Increases the weight of the body
  • Very tasty 
  • Contains more fat
  • High quality protein content
  • Vitamin A content provides resistance against bacterial infection
  • High calorie content

It is very beneficial for:

  • Digestion
  • Hyper acidity
  • Ulcer
  • Gall bladder problems
  • Weight loss 
 
 
Ingredients: 


Avocado fruit pulp – 1 fruit
Water – Quantity sufficient 
Palm Sugar – 3 spoons full
Yogurt – ½ cup

Glossary:
Vata – It refers to one of the three doshas. This is made of air and ether. This functional unit is characterized by movement, coldness, lightness and dryness in the body. When imbalanced it produces pain in various parts of the body.

Pitta – It refers to one of the three doshas. This is made of fire and water. This functional unit is characterized by heat, temperature and digestion in the body. When imbalanced it produces heat and burning sensation in the body. 

Kapha – It refers to one of the three doshas. This is made of earth and water in our body. It is characterized by fluidity, strength and nourishment. When imbalanced it produces heaviness and phlegm in the body 

Doshas – Literally that which can go out of balance. Bodily humor 
 
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