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Dr Sam Watts
The podcast that helps you to integrate natural medicine and Ayurveda into a western world. My mission is to help you transform your health using Mind Body Medicine, and empower you to be a active part of your own health and recovery.
The following recipes support the more detailed information about the medicinal uses of cucumbers discussed during the episode above.
1. Burns
Mash/blend 1 cucumber and blend the juice/pulp with 50mls of pure aloe vera juice or gel. Apply this liberally to the affected area and leave in place for 15-20 minutes and repeat several times a day. You can wrap the area in a bandage covered in clingfilm to keep the mix in place if needed.
2. Sunburn
The same remedy as above can also be used with great success to treat sunburn and also to act as a natural “after-sun” treatment.
3. Liver Detoxification
This remedy works wonders if you are feeling heavy, sluggish or “toxic.” Simply add ½ a cucumber, ½ a beetroot, 1 celery stick, 1 tsp of fennel seeds and ½ tsp of turmeric (with a pinch of black pepper) into a food blender or NutriBullet with 200mls of water, aloe vera juice or coconut water and blend until smooth. Aim to drink 2-3 cups a day for several days to help stimulate liver function and clear toxins.
4. To Cool Pitta and Reduce Summertime Heat
Blend together a medium cucumber, a handful of mint leaves, half a cup of organic whole milk and half a cup of pure water and drink to alleviate thirst and heat stress.
5. Cystitis and Urinary Tract Infections
At the first sigh of symptoms, drink 1 cup of cold cucumber juice every 90-minutes to prevent the infection establishing and to clear the invading bacteria whilst also helping to reduce pain and inflammation within the urinary tract.
6. Sore Throats and Throat Infections
This is a brilliant remedy for helping to soothe the pain and inflammation of a throat infection.
Instructions:
· Make a strong sage infusion by adding 2 tablespoons of sage into a bowl and pouring over 2 cups of boiling water.
· Leave this to cool.
· Juice or blend 2 cucumbers into a fine liquid.
· Mix the cooled sage infusion into the cucumber juice and stir well and leave in the fridge.
· Sip this drink over the course of the day; the mix will need to be stirred together before drinking to clear the separation.
Despite being one of the most consumed fruits in the world, the medicinal properties of apples have largely been lost to antiquity. However, Ayurveda has been turning to the humble apple as a medicinal food for thousdnds of years to help prevent and manage a wide variety of ailments from heart disease and fatigue to sexual dysfunction and infertility. Join me in Episode 1 of our new Ayurvedic Kitchen Pharmacy series where each week we'll be exploring the medicinal uses of the foods and spices already living in your kitchen and how to use them, kicking off this week with apples.
Ashwaghanda is one of the most profoundly important herbal medicines with the healing traditions of Ayurveda.
And whilst is has many clinical applications and uses, it is arguably within the field of cancer that this famous herb most excels.
Ayurveda has turned to Ashwaghanda to help support the health and wellbeing of those living with cancer for thousands of years and now cutting-edge 21st century clinical research is supporting this use.
Join me in this episode to learn more about the ways in which Ashwaghanda can be used to support health when living with cancer and what the research shows regarding the ability of this revered herb to inhibit cancer cell biology.
In this episode we’re going to be exploring a really important topic that cuts right to the very heart of the Ayurvedic understanding of health promotion, longevity optimisation and disease prevention. And that topic is Vata. Often called the “king Dosha,” Vata is responsible for balancing the entire physiology and biochemistry of the body in a way that helps to create the platform for perfect health.
And what is so interesting is that this is a concept, albeit using different terminology, that is front and centre in cutting-edge western medical research right now because the evidence shows that when our body operates from a place of complete balance – which in the biological sciences is called homeostasis – it very hard for disease to set in. And if disease already exists, it provides the perfect platform to eradicate it.
Join me to learn more about this crucial topic and my top 3 tips for effortlessly balancing Vata in your day to day life.
Find out more about my membership here - https://www.mind-body-medical.co.uk/membership
Learn more about the doshas here - https://www.mind-body-medical.co.uk/dosha
A cancer diagnosis can be a time of huge disruption, stress, and worry not only for the person with cancer but equally for those who support and love the person at the centre of the diagnosis. It's new chapter in the book, that perhaps you or your love ones didn't want or expect, but nonetheless have to navigate.
One of the biggest challenges during these initial stages is the loss of control that is experienced by patients. This podcast includes some of my top tips to help people feel empowered and realise that they can influence their own health and well-being and alongside their conventional treatment, support their body and their emotional reserves with complementary therapies. I hope you enjoy this episode.
Hope Reading
· Radical Remission, by Kelly Turner.
· The Dragon’s Blessing by Ian Gawler
Cancer Specific Dietary Overhaul:
· The Rainbow Diet: Chris Woolhams
· The Anti-Cancer Diet: By David Servan Schreiber
Learn to Meditate as a Priority
· Calm: https://www.calm.com/
· Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/en-gb
· Headspace: www.headspace.com
Go Integrative:
· Yes to Life Charity: https://yestolife.org.uk/
· Cancer Active: https://www.canceractive.com/
· Gawler Foundation: https://gawler.org/
· Penny Brohn Centre: https://www.pennybrohn.org.uk
The whole medical establishment is going through a paradigm shift which is transforming the concept of impossible and irreversible to possible and reversible. The flood gates are opening and a new paradigm is taking hold. This paradigm states that nothing is impossible because the research shows that everything is possible. People with terminal metastatic cancer have gone into complete remission. People with motor neurons disease have lived a long and full life. The human body has successfully destroyed the HIV AIDS virus.
Join me in this latest episode where we explore this fascinating area of mind-body medicine and Ayurveda in more detail.
In this episode I share with you how Ayurveda views nutrition and how the tastes of the foods that we eat are key to a balanced diet, and digestion.
Ayurveda and natural medicine have the capacity to transform our lives at every possible level, including our physical health, our emotional wellbeing and also in allowing us to bring a renewed level of consciousness, meaning and purpose to our daily lives and how we live it. Having helped thousands of people transform their lives through the adoption of these approaches, I am so excited to introduce you to this exciting new world in the knowledge that it can help you transform your life too.
Join me in the first episode of this unique and exciting new podcast where I will be overviewing exactly why we all need to adopt more Ayurveda and natural medicine into our lives, how to simply and effortlessly do so in the chaotic 21st century world we live in and what to expect from the forthcoming episodes which I guarantee will offer something as unique as it is eclectic!