Spelt: Hildegard teaches that spelt is the best grain in that it is hot and rich and strong. It has a sweeter taste than other grains and prepares for strong blood. She has recommends using spelt throughout many books.

Oats: Oats are a happy and healthy food for people to furnish a cheerful mind and pure intellect, while providing good color and healthy flesh. Hildegard warns when not to eat oats.

Barley: She says that barley does not have the same strength of other grains thus it harms the healthy and the sick person. Yet Hildegard recommends many other healing uses for barley.

Psyllium Seeds: Which are the seeds of plantain or ribwort, are another excellent anti-melancholica as they gladden the depressed disposition. Hildegard writes to sprinkle a teaspoon over every meal to ensure optimal digestion as they help remove black bile, poisonous substances and waste products from the intestines. They also help provide purification for the blood stream, which in turn is good for circulation.

Energetic Properties- grains

Whole grain is the staple for all climates and constitutions, gives bulk to stool, easy to digest, and is Sattwic/sattwa (purity; one of the three gunas). (Gunas- three qualities of fundamental laws of nature being--- sattwa-creation, rajas- maintenance, tamas- dissolution.)

Spelt-  sweet/warm/sweet VPK=   Builds all tissues.
Action- gives bulk to stool, easy to digest. Supports Yin.
Route- spleen; tonifies Yin.

 Oats- Sweet/cold/sweet  VP- K+ Builds all tissues normalizes glucose, high amounts of iron, vitamin E, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and B complex, protein is easily assimilated. A little heavy and hard to digest, especially with sugar and milk, will aggravate toxic blood conditions. Route- Kidney, stomach, spleen, heart, lungs, large intestine; tonifies- Qi, Blood; regulates- Qi circulation.
Action- demulcent, emollient, laxative (especially cut or rolled).
Works on Shen level (spirit or consciousness) to help lift depression; Supports Qi.

Barley (Yava)- astringent/cold/sweet   PK- V+ in excess  Reduces body fat and mucus, helps difficult breathing, removes toxins, helps prevent cholesterol absorption in intestines, contains calcium, iron, protein and potassium. Resolves Damp; Drains Water.
Action- Diuretic, demulcent, antirheumatic.

Route- Spleen, stomach, gall bladder, bladder, intestines; tonifies- Blood, Qi, Yin; regulates- wind, damp, heat, toxins.
Psyllium- astringent/cold/pungent  VPK=
Action- antiinflammatory for digestive tract, laxative, may cause gas initially.

 

Listed are some categories of the Energetic Properties of the various grains/foods/spices/herbs used in BABS Bakery products. The choice is yours to better understand the energetic properties in order to use these and many other foods in knowing your constitution/season in order to better balance your body. Most terminology is from Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. BABS Bakery has tried its best to counterbalance many of the foods we serve to suit the season and various constitutions. Please read BABS Bakery disclaimer/disclosure page for more information, as BABS Bakery makes no claims to your choice of foods or dietary lifestyle. The references are listed and the choice to pursue food and the lifestyle you want to live is based on your own personal needs and health. http://www.babsbakery.com/disclosure.html 

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