AYURVEDIC HERB SUPPLEMENTS

Coconut Butter (COCUS NUCIFERA)

A luxurious, creamy whole food rich in nutritious oils. This tropical treat makes a great dessert, and actually helps you lose weight.

How Does This Ayurvedic Herb Supplement Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Coconut Butter is a delightfully creamy whole food, made of pure, dried coconut flesh. This tasty tropical treat literally melts in your mouth. Warm it up to use as a spread. Or, add to smoothies, sauces & dressings, desserts, toppings & icings. It even works great in home-made ice cream. Its many names testify to the rich creaminess of coconut butter; it's also known as coconut cream, coconut oil butter and coconut body butter.

The coconut is a delight for the senses and the body, the very symbol of tropical paradise. This idyllic and fun tree nut restores your balance and harmony. Among oils it is light and sweet to cook with, soothing to the skin and nerves, nourishing while stimulating energy.

A Balm for Your Nerves


Are you overly nervous and strung out? Your nerves may be parched for fats. All nerves are coated in a fatty layer called the myelin sheath, which guides nerve impulses and insulates the neuron from hyperactivity. When the fatty layer is dried out or deficient, your nerves will be easily agitated and anxious, thirsting for a balm that can ease this overstimulation. A tablespoon of coconut butter restores tranquility, bringing the serenity of the tropics closer to home. With its unctuous silkiness and rich enticing aroma, coconut butter may be the ultimate 'neuron' comfort food, with a satisfaction that is 'marrow deep'.

A Boost For Your Energy


While most nourishing, oily foods depress metabolism, coconut butter is unusual in its ability to support the thyroid and improve metabolism. Coconut oil contains healthy fats and fatty acids that are quickly and easily absorbed, digested, metabolized and utilized by your body, ideal for nourishing the elderly and those debilitated from disease. Coconut's stimulating richness restores your vigor and vitality with a nutty aroma that gratifies the senses, a nourishing alternative to coffee that treats the root cause of exhaustion without the jitters of caffeine. Try supplementing your diet with coconut butter daily to boost your energy efficiently and effectively!

Strengthen Your Liver & Soften Your Emotions


Coconut butter has a luxuriant richness that feeds you and your liver. Ayurveda suggests that an agitated liver should be moistened with fats, and pleased by sweet, delightful aromas like rose petals and coconut. By nature an ambitious organ, the liver falls victim to intense, hot blooded emotions and pitta internal heat conditions. Coconut oil replenishes a liver deficient in fats, and has special cooling properties to soothe an overheated liver. Coconut oil protects the liver from damage done through alcohol. It is one of the best Pitta pacifying oils for Ayurvedic massage. Coconut oil cools and eases the tension accompanying liver overactivity, restoring grace and kindness. Your relationships will benefit from your new, more yielding & charitable disposition.

The Science Behind Coconut Fat


This vital oil, once shunned as being unhealthy because it is high in saturated fats, is now considered by many as a magical health food. The difference between coconut butter and other saturated fats is in the size of the fat molecules. Long chain fats are hard to digest, and pass directly into the lymphatic system. The fats in coconut are medium chain fatty acids (MFCA's). These MFCA's are quickly digested, even without the aid of pancreatic enzymes, and are transported via the hepatic portal vein to the liver. MFCA's never enter the lymphatic system or blood stream, so they don't clog arteries like their longer chained relatives. Instead, they are light, easy to digest, and quickly converted to energy. Coconut butter actually lowers cholesterol and boosts fat metabolism.


Overweight folks can use it to metabolize the fat they already have. Underweight people can use it to restore body fat. Athletes can use it for endurance and performance. Debilitated people can use it to build strength. Coconut butter also improves your body's ability to utilize blood sugar efficiently, which reduces the symptoms of hypoglycemia.

Supports Immunity


Coconut oil contains high levels of a fatty acid called lauric acid, an anti-viral substance. Coconut oil has also been shown in research studies to have anti-microbial qualities, which have an adverse effect on fungus, bacteria, and yeast. Coconut oil also appears to have a natural anti-inflammatory effect, which ultimately supports your immune system.

Please know that coconut butter arrives as a solid. You must heat it on a stovetop, bowl of hot water or a hot heating pad to release to buttery goodness!

SUGGESTED USE

1 tbsp with meals or as directed by your practitioner.
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Metabolic Nature of Coconut Butter

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INCREASES
Guna Help

Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)

Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick. Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

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OILY

ABOUT OILY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

In Ayurveda, oily refers to anything moistening. More specifically, oily refers to building substances that increases fat, or are themselves fatty. For example, sugar is Oily.

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TASTES
Taste Help

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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DOSHAS
Dosha Help

The Three Doshas / Body Types

According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine, people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person. Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness. Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency. Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses. The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.

The 3 functional body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha). Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry. Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed. Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.

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PACIFIES
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating
HAS THE FOLLOWING
Tissue (dhatu):
Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

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Fat

MILD FAT

Fat tissue (Meda Dhatu) includes adipose tissue and sebum (skin oil).

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Energy Vitality

ENERGY-VITALITY

Includes vitality improving foods, herbs, and exercises by dosha.

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Family: Arecaceae
HERBAL ACTIONS
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Coconut Butter
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Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

Antacid

ANTACID

Herbs that neutralize acidity in the gastrointestinal tract, the stomach in particular.

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Brain Tonic

BRAIN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens the brain and thereby enhances memory or other cognitive functions and improves mental stamina or stability.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

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Antifungal

ANTIFUNGAL

Herbs that destroy fungus.

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Blood Tonic

BLOOD-TONIC

An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.

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Refrigerant

REFRIGERANT

An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.

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Livotonic

LIVOTONIC

An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.

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Raises Thyroid

RAISES-THYROID

An herb that increases thyroid function.

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Promotes Virility

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Coconut Butter

Coconut Cream

Coconut Cream has these Actions in Common

Antifungal, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Tonic, Antacid, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Anti-inflammatory, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy

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Coconut Butter

Coconut Butter has these Actions in Common

Antifungal, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Tonic, Antacid, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Anti-inflammatory, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy

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Coconut Flakes

Coconut Flakes has these Actions in Common

Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Antifungal, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Tonic, Antacid, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Anti-inflammatory

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Coconut Oil

Coconut Oil has these Actions in Common

Nutritive, Refrigerant, Brain-tonic, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Raises-thyroid, Tonic, Antifungal

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Sesame Oil

Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common

Tonic, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility, Livotonic, Stimulates-energy, Nutritive

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Pomegranate

Pomegranate has these Actions in Common

Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Refrigerant, Antacid, Livotonic

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Almonds

Almonds has these Actions in Common

Brain-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Nutritive, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility

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Blueberry

Blueberry has these Actions in Common

Brain-tonic, Refrigerant, Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

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Grape

Grape has these Actions in Common

Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Brain-tonic, Tonic

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Goji Berry

Goji Berry has these Actions in Common

Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Livotonic, Tonic, Nutritive

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Coconut Water

Coconut Water has these Actions in Common

Brain-tonic, Refrigerant, Livotonic, Antacid, Nutritive

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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Coconut Butter

Amalaki

Amalaki has these Actions in Common

Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Refrigerant, Stimulates-energy, Antacid, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic

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Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy

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Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

Promotes-virility, Tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Nutritive

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Bala

Bala has these Actions in Common

Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

Blood-tonic, Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Tonic

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Ginseng, Chinese

Ginseng, Chinese has these Actions in Common

Antifungal, Brain-tonic, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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Shatavari

Shatavari has these Actions in Common

Antacid, Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Tonic

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Punarnava

Punarnava has these Actions in Common

Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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Licorice Ghee (9oz)

Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

Livotonic, Nutritive, Refrigerant, Antacid, Anti-inflammatory

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Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

Refrigerant, Antacid, Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic, Nutritive

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Pitta Massage Oil

Pitta Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

Anti-inflammatory, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Refrigerant

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Joyful Belly is a recognized school of biocharacteristics medicine.

TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR THESE SYMPTOMS

Coconut Butter may be beneficial for these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

HERB DRUG INTERACTION RISK

Here are some potential herb drug interactions. Please see your health care provider for more information.
  • Livotonic: Anything that strengthens or cleanses the liver can clear drugs mroe quickly, requiring a higher dose.
  • Raises-thyroid: May magnify the effect of other thyroid medication.

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Does eating coconut have the same benefits?
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