Nutritional Analysis: Herbs, Nutrition, Vitamins/Minerals, Water Therapy and Nutritional suggestions
With an Iris analysis you will get nutritional advice. Food is your food and medicine. Learn how to combine foods, how to use food as medicine and as a preventive. Learn how to eat to feed your cells so they are can support and protect you better. Learn the vitamins/minerals, herbs, antioxidants and enzymes that each body organ needs and how to get them.
You are what you eat, what you assimilate, digest and excrete. How you eat and how you combine the foods you eat is very important. I will teach you how to eat to feed your cells not just your appetite.
4 Types of Herbs:
Aromatics
a. How the herb tastes: Usually spicy, hot, strong pungent taste.
b. How it affects the body: It is a stimulant and stimulates all areas of the body.
c. What herbs are aromatics: All your kitchen spices such as rosemary, thyme, sage, pizza seasoning, also herbs such as peppermint, others in the mint family, capsicum,
d. When should they be taken: With food and when stimulation is necessary to help aid in digestion and circulation.
e. Should everyone take them? No, not if there is high blood pressure or other hyper activity in the body.
f. When should they not be used: Same as e above.
Mucilaginous
a. How the herb tastes: Usually has very little taste. Maybe like a root.
b. How it affects the body: It acts as a lubricant and soothes mucus membranes.
c. What herbs are mucilaginous: Any herb that absorbs water such as mushrooms, asparagus, Psyllium, slippery elm.
d. When should they be taken: They should be taken when there is inflammation in the body or when someone wants to do some cleansing using a bulking agent.
e. Should everyone take them? No, not if there is Diverticulitis or large bowel pockets.
f. When should they not be used: If there is Diverticulitis or large bowel pockets.
Astringent
a. How the herb tastes: Sour
b. How it affects the body: It acts as a diuretic and eliminates water from the tissues. It forces the kidneys to eliminate water.
What herbs are astringent: Any herb or food that makes you pucker or dries out your mouth such as lemon, citrus,
c. When should they be taken: When someone is retaining water or has kidney weakness and is unable to eliminate excess water on their own.
Should everyone take them? No, not if there are issues with heart problems and dehydration.
d. When should they not be used? When a person has heart problems and dehydration issues.
Bitter
a. How the herb tastes: Bitter
b. How it affects the body: Cleanses the elimination systems: liver, spleen, lymph, kidneys, lungs, bowel. Acts like a soap or saponin in the body. Helps rid the body of toxins.
c. What herbs are bitters: Any bitter tasting herbs such as cascara Sagrada, dandelion, Pau d’Arco.
d. When should they be taken: Usually on an empty stomach with water only.
Should everyone take them? Only those who are strong enough to do internal cleansing.
e. When should they not be used? When a person needs to build up their system first.
