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A few days ago I posted this video of an immunity care package I put together for a friend. Before you say anything, this is my love language, and this is someone who means a lot to me.

A number of people asked me for the recipe to the Immunity Broth & Puree, so I wanted to post it here, in case it is beneficial to you or someone you know.

In the video I mentioned that Ayurveda doesn’t love garlic. I wrote about that in my book, “Garlic… (is) said to lead to greed, selfishness and overindulgence when eaten in excess, or anger and irritation when eaten raw.” Also, I would add, it can of course lead to pitta imbalance, excess heat, burning sensations.

Having said that, Ayurveda does have a great formula of boiled garlic milk, Lashuna Ksheerapaka, so the medicinal benefits are well known and appreciated. “Those who take garlic as medicine do so as prevention for Vata vyadhi, especially diseases related to bone, marrow, worm infestations, digestive disorders.”

One of my teachers, an international celebrated Ayurvedic Doctor promotes garlic in certain conditions. This is one of those conditions.

So here’s the recipe. You can always skip the garlic and increase the ginger. Onion soup, by the way, is something I learned from the macrobiotic tradition. For CoVid recovery, I wanted it strong with everything that works.

GOLDEN SOUP: GINGER TURMERIC IMMUNITY BROTH
Yield: About 4 cups broth, 4 cups purée

Ingredients
1 tablespoon ghee (or olive oil)
1 piece ginger root
1 onion
4-5 cloves garlic
1 carrot
1 celery stalk
1 cup broccoli florets
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 scant teaspoon turmeric
1 stalk each rosemary, oregano, thyme, or aromatic herbs of choice
8 cups water
Salt & pepper, to taste

Broth
Melt the ghee in a soup pot over medium heat. Give the ginger, onion, garlic and vegetables a rough chop (no need to peel).

Add the ginger, onion, garlic to the pot and sauté for a few minutes. Once the onion begins to go translucent, add the vegetables, spices and herbs. Stir and sauté another minute, then pour in the water.

Cover and bring up the heat until it boils, then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for one hour, stirring occasionally. After an hour, remove from the heat. Allow to cool 5-10 minutes and strain.

Puree
If you don’t want to eat over-boiled vegetables, but don’t want to toss them, you can purée the strained vegetables with some of the broth. Just add enough broth to get the consistency you like.

It will be a very pungent purée, so remove some of the ginger, onion, garlic before blending if hot is not your preference. Fire burns toxins, but it can also burn tissue. So be judicious. Ayurveda reminds us, to each his own.

What else was in this Immunity Care Package?

Immune Strong Care Package
Artemisia Tincture*
A small container of Kitchari
Tulsi Tea, Organic India
Breathe Free Chest Rub from Banyan Botanicals
Cinnamon-Honey soaked Oranges, with peel, as a syrup
Candle for the love

She already has plenty of EmergenC and Zinc

* Artemsia is Wormwood, known as an anti-parasitic, blood purifier and nervine. Use safely: More info.

* Breathe Free can also be administered to the nose: Just a tiny bit on the tip of your pinky, lubricate each nostril, then pinch your nose to spread it, release and sniff to inhale it up.

Throughout this site there are numerous posts on immune strength. Here are a few essentials:

Spring Loaded Kitchari + Immune-enhancing Tips: There is this one, for instance, I wrote last March as the pandemic began to spread, which gives numerous immune enhancing tips, as well as recipes. 

A Few Healing Remedies: There is this one that gives three recipes using the simplest ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. 

Seven Spice Immunity Blend: With this blend of spice you can make tea, or add it to your soups and stews. In fact, you could make this the curry powder you add to the recipe above. 

Pop the word “immune” in the search box and you will find so many more. Not to overwhelm, but to give choice, and joy in exploration.

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Banyan Botanicals has some great Ayurvedic formulas to help keep your immune system strong, like their Immune Support Bundle which includes Chyvanprash, a jar of which I’d like to send to one reader. Please comment below letting us know how you keep #immunestrong, and I will randomly, blindly pick a recipient on Friday, to be shipped out that day, if I get your shipping address (by private email) in time. 

Rest up. Stay well. We need your light. #Ojas!

Thank you, 
🙏🏽

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