Now, I am going to repeat some studied facts about spirulina and liver health. But first, I am going to tell you how I feel when I drink this spirulina offering by Sol-ti; I feel wonderful. I yearn for soothing, especially when my lifestyle choices have been a little “sharp.” In Ayurveda, sharp is a quality that is not a friend to the liver, especially in the sharp, penetrating heat of summertime.
Eastern medicine teaches us that an overstimulated, overworked, liver will struggle when additional heat is added to the system. An imbalance of heat, or signs of inflammation, include symptoms such as feeling tired, nausea, loss of appetite, disturbed sleep, irritability, skin irritation, rashes, increased cortisol, increased menstrual symptoms, and any symptom stemming from excess inflammation. Now, inflammation itself can be part of the healing process (another story another day) but an excess of inflammation from daily lifestyle habits can be uncomfortable, and is an underlying factor causing varying types of unease and disease.
Ayurveda teaches us about the qualities and properties of foods and beverages, not just the nutrients, but the reactions our mind-body has to the substance. Ayurveda teaches us that greens are cooling, in raw whole form can be rough, which is why some of us will soften greens with cooking fire, we will aid nutrient absorption by using healthy fat and delicious digestive spices. Greens are anti-inflammatory, detoxifying to the liver, and combat excess heat.
One of your ultimate life goals should be to have a happy, healthy liver (I know my ideas about life goals differ from other people’s ;) ). Your liver should be able to filter a little stress here and there, process your hormonal changes, and return to a state of balance.
You accomplish liver health by learning to ”tune into the liver". I know that sounds incredibly etheric, and perhaps a blog post for another day, but tuning into your liver can become fairly practical. You learn about symptoms of excess heat and liver stress. You learn about signs and symptoms of the opposite of an overstimulated liver, a sluggish liver. You ask yourself how you feel. You notice. And by experimenting with choices, you learn your favorite ways to soothe, calm, and restore harmony to your liver.
And, as I am suggesting here, you keep some cooling and healthy treats at your disposal. This drink by Sol-ti has three heat-fighting ingredients: lemon, maple syrup, and spirulina. It is light and refreshing and tastes like how I wish lemonade would always taste!
Now, yes, as I say in The Elemental Woman book, if you are trying to heal a profound heat imbalance, you will need to do more than drink a little bit of a soothing beverage. But drinking a healing beverage certainly is a start, combats taking on even more heat, gives the liver a boost of medicine, and counteracts some of your life’s other choices. And for those already living in a state of liver health, prevention in summer is incredibly rewarding. A healthy summer leads to a healthy fall and winter.
So during these increasingly common waves of heat, stock a few of these beautiful cyan, cooling, LOVE-filled exilers by Sol-ti.
Your liver will love you for it.
Oh and P.S. Always do your own research and ask your own natural health provider, but here are those Google search results I promised you. Links embeded.
For more info on Ayurveda and to better understand the Ayurvedic qualities I spoke about, pick up my two books: The Elemental Woman and Basic Ayurveda, The Elemental Woman Supplement Guide. OUT SOON!
And remember, you are already healing.
Peace & Love,
Tara
*Author Tara Lee Clasen is a manual massage therapist specializing in women's health and pain conditions related to the pelvic floor, neck, jaw & shoulder. She also trained in clinical Ayurveda and has authored a book on Ayurveda called The Elemental Woman.
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