The Complete Ayurvedic Cookbook - The Eumundi Medicine Man

Over-Action as a cause of Disease
Ayurveda has for thousands of years documented the follies and faults of human
beings namely that faulty action is one major cause of imbalance of the body and
disease. Excess of nectar causes imbalance overtime turning to poison and poison
taken prudently can be used as a profound medicine. The six tastes are a very good
example, each with negative results when taken in excess or deficient intake.
For example; The sweet taste (as it is of the same nature as the human body, whose
tissues taste sweet) promotes the growth of all bodily tissues and ojas (vitality).
Aiding in longevity, it is soothing to the five sense organs and the mind, and gives
strength and a good complexion. Sweet taste alleviates pitta, vata and the effects of
poison. It also relieves thirst and burning sensations and promotes the health and
growth of skin and hair. It is good for the voice and energy. The sweet taste is
nourishing, vitalising, gives contentment, adds bulk to the body, and creates firmness.
It rebuilds weakness, emaciation and helps those damaged by disease. It is refreshing
to the nose, mouth, throat, lips and tongue, and relieves fits and fainting. The
favourite of insects, particularly bees and ants, the sweet taste is oily/wet, cooling and
heavy.
Yet, when used by itself or in excess, the sweet taste creates obesity, flaccidity,
laziness, excessive sleep, heaviness, loss of appetite, weak digestion, abnormal growth
of the muscles of the mouth and throat, difficult breathing, cough, difficult urination,
intestinal torpor, fever due to cold, abdominal distension, excessive salivation, loss of
feeling, loss of voice, goitre, swelling of the lymph glands, legs and neck,
accumulations in the bladder and blood vessels, mucoid accretions in the throat and
eyes, and other such kapha related diseases.
Mistake of the intellect - Prajnaparadha
The major cause of the troubles of human kind is documented in Ayurveda as ‘crimes
against wisdom’! Choices which defy intelligence. The choices we make underpin our
very being and health or bring distress and disease. As it is said, ‘We are our own best
friends and worst enemy’.
Philosophy as the Key to Transform the Enigma!
Night naturally arrives at a predestined time to cover the day; no one can continue
the same activities for twenty four hours. Naturally the acidic activities of work, sport
and executing responsibilities must ebb with the tide of darkness. No human being
has the nervous system, muscle power nor mindset to stay continually focused. Night
arrives to refresh with a covering of darkness, dopamine levels drop and melatonin
begins to rise, cortisol levels which gave us the daytime flight and fight spirit also
wane in a natural cycle. The body and mind relaxes, sleeps and regenerates for the
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