Summer Spice Blend
Summer Spice Blend
Summer Spice Blend
Summer Spice Blend
Summer Spice Blend
Summer Spice Blend

Summer Spice Blend

$20 | 100g
Summer naturally heats the body, making meals feel heavier and digestion less steady. This cooling spice blend is designed to bring lightness back into your food and help your body stay clear and comfortable through the warmer months. It’s a simple way to make your meals work smarter for you all season long.
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Created by Dr. Ajit, this Summer Spice Blend brings together over 14 cooling, cleansing spices traditionally used in Ayurveda to support comfortable digestion during warmer weather. Summer heat can make food feel heavy and difficult to process; this gentle blend helps your meals feel lighter, fresher, and more supportive for your body. Just a small amount added to your cooking transforms ordinary meals into smart, summer-friendly nourishment with a clean, refreshing aroma that fits effortlessly into everyday cooking.

Key Benefits & Function

• Calms and cools internal heat, reducing acidity and irritability.

• Aids the body's natural detoxification and cleansing processes.

• Encourages better digestion, absorption, and supports light metabolism.

• Minimises the release of toxins during digestion and flushes built-up toxins.

• Balances Pitta in summer for light, steady energy.

How to Use

• Add ½ to 1 teaspoon to your dish while cooking or sautéing.

• Mix a pinch with lemon juice to create a simple, cooling marinade for meat and vegetables.

• Sprinkle over cooked grains, salads, or raita for a fresh finish.

• Safe for daily summer use.

Ingredients

Each 2.5g contains

Curcuma longa 714mg, Coriandum sativum 333mg, Foeniculum vulgare 47mg, Piper longum 119mg, Punica granatum 119mg, Cinnamomum zeylanicum 71mg, Piper nigrum 47mg, Zingiber officinale 190mg, Mentha piperita 47mg, Cinnamomum tamala 47mg, Allium sativum 47mg, Cuminum cyminum 28mg, Elettaria cardamomum 71mg, Mangifera indica 119mg, Syzygium aromaticum 23mg.

Key Functional Ingredients

Dhaniya/Coriander - Coriandrum sativum

Dhaniya helps to cool the skin and has anti-pimple qualities. It also refreshes the skin by lowering the temperature and reducing heat from skin cells, as all cooling agents do. Additionally, it lowers the pH levels of the skin.

Fennel - Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel is highly effective for managing gut health. It aids digestion, counteracts burning sensations in the gut, and helps with the assimilation and absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Fennel also has carminative properties and is helpful in managing Anorexia. Additionally, it supports heart function, women’s disorders, and improves immunity. In Ayurveda, fennel has energetics that are sweet, bitter, and pungent in taste, with a sweet post-digestive effect. It is neither hot nor cold in energy, having a balancing impact on all three doshas.

Peppermint - Mentha piperita

Peppermint is an excellent toner and facial scrub. It controls acne and acts as a natural skin brightener. Peppermint also helps to lower skin temperature and reduce heat from skin cells, as all cooling agents do. Additionally, it lowers the pH levels of the skin.

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Ayurvedic Insight

Ayurveda teaches that food must change with the season. Summer heat weakens digestion and can slow the body’s natural cleansing processes. Meals often feel heavier, and the body struggles to process food as efficiently. Cooling spices like coriander, pomegranate, fennel, and mint - are traditionally used to keep digestion light and steady.

This blend brings that wisdom into everyday cooking. A small amount helps your meals feel cleaner and more refreshing, giving the body the kind of support it naturally needs during this time. It’s a practical way to help your food work better for you in summer.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Ayurveda is the ancient healthcare system of India. It is a Sanskrit word - Ayur means 'life' or 'daily living' and Veda means 'science'. Ayurveda then is the name given to the scientific study of life, based on the eternal principle that everyone should live in a healthy & balanced state.

Ayurveda believes that illness begins from disharmony between mind, body and soul. Most of the time the problems & symptoms that manifest at a physical level begin from imbalances at a mental level, so it’s very important to identify a patient’s mental state.

Many illnesses arise from poor metabolism. According to Ayurveda, there is no nutritional benefit from eating only organic foods if we are unable to metabolise these foods properly.

Ayurveda has a systematic approach to healing by detoxifying the body and rejuvenating body, mind & spirit.

The healing principles of Ayurveda have remained unchanged for centuries. Its philosophy does not change in response to the latest fashions in the health industry but are based on centuries of scientific observation of the natural world.

Modern medicine treats symptomatically rather than looking to the root cause of the problem. This stems from the view that all people are more or less the same. Ayurveda’s special contribution is healing the cause of the symptoms by considering the uniqueness of each patient and by helping each body to heal itself. 

Ayurveda has perfected healing treatments and herbal preparations to keep the physical, mental and emotional health of a person in its prime throughout life. It is contrary to the current practice of waiting until symptoms appear before getting medical help or only seeking treatment when a disease manifests.

Ayurveda has a simple treatment plan:

• Stop the further accumulation of toxins in the body by improving digestion. Food is then “cooked” properly, preventing the build up of toxins.
• Remove accumulated toxins from the body through herbal preparations and specific Ayurvedic treatments like massage.
• Nourish the depleted tissues through diet, herbal preparations & lifestyle changes.

Agni in Sanskrit means fire and is used to describe all metabolic functions in our body. All metabolic activity, including digestion, is ruled by Agni.

The digestive power and immune system depends on the proper functioning of Agni.
Agni takes the essence of nourishment from food, helps to carry out the metabolic reactions of the body and helps the immune system by destroying harmful organisms and toxins (Ama).

The state of the digestive fire is one of the most important concepts of Ayurvedic approach to health & wellbeing. It doesn’t matter how organic is the food you consume, if the body cannot metabolize it properly, then it is unable to access the nutrients that the food contains.

When Agni is well balanced, there will be proper digestion, excellent circulation of nutrients & proper elimination of waste products, maintaining a state of good mental and physical health!

To maintain balance of our Agni we have to develop a healthy life style including:

- Proper eating habits

- Proper sleep

- Proper fitness routine

- Control over emotions

No. While it is true that many Ayurvedic recipes use Indian ingredients, you are not required to only eat Indian food. Ayurveda gives you the understanding of the role digestion and nutrition play in creating a healthy life and how food can be used as a medicine to treat illness. This awareness can be applied to all foods. However, it is true that Ayurveda considers many of the heavily processed foods in our Western diet to be detrimental to our digestion and good health.

No. In fact, there are some Ayurvedic preparations that use animal products to treat specific ailments. However, Ayurveda recognises that meat is very heavy and the stomach struggles to digest it properly. Without the addition of particular kitchen herbs to aid digestion, this undigested food can become toxic, leading to many health problems.

Also, because meat is heavy it is considered Tamasic, the qualities of which can dull the mind, making it sluggish & heavy. Ayurveda believes that a heavy & dull mind is unable to make good choices for us, which again can be the cause of many ailments.

The central principle of Ayurveda is that each human being has the right to live a healthy & fulfilled life (dharma), however, because of our unique body constitution, genetic inheritance and unhealthy diet & lifestyle choices, we are predisposed to certain diseases and health concerns.

Caraka, the great Ayurvedic sage, wrote,” When there is equilibrium in the body’s intelligences (Doshas), when the digestive fire (Agni) is in balance, when the seven bodily tissues (Dhatus) are functioning normally, the body's waste (mala) is being eliminated efficiently, when there is normal functioning of the five senses and harmony between body, mind & soul, then one can be said to be healthy.”

Ayurveda can treat diseases of all systems of the body. There are special treatment for the diseases of the elderly, women and children. Disorders of the nervous, respiratory, digestive, circulatory and reproductive systems as well as infectious diseases, mental disorders and many more illnesses can be successfully treated with Ayurvedic herbal preparations & procedures.

Many diseases for which modern medicine has no effective cure are successfully treated by Ayurveda. 

Research institutes & Ayurvedic medical colleges in India are engaged in constant research and development which has resulted in bringing to light the efficacy of many age old formulations.

Well-documented studies confirm the breakthroughs in this field, including the successful treatment of diabetes, arthritis & cancer.

Ayurveda recognises three primary energies at work in the body, Vata, Pitta & Kapha. Together they regulate every physiological and psychological characteristic from basic cellular processes to the most complex biological functions:

Vata– represents the momentum. It is responsible for all the bodily activities and sensations. It controls the movement of blood through the circulatory system, breathing, the delivery of nutrients to the cells and the removal & excretion of waste products.

Pitta– represents metabolism. It governs digestion and metabolic transformation of nutrients into biologically usable forms. It also imparts the capacity to absorb ideas and impressions and bestows intelligence and an enthusiasm for life.

Kapha– provides substance and support. It gives strength and stability, both physically and psychologically. It enhances resistance to disease and promotes the healing process.

Doshas are basically three different forms of energy. They work as a team in a natural healthy individual. Together they regulate every physiological and psychological characteristic from basic cellular processes to the most complex biological functions Perfect balance of these three Doshas (energies) is the basis of well being. 

When these forces are in a state of natural balance the defence mechanisms of the body works at peak efficiency. But when this balance is disturbed due to an incompatible diet, lifestyle, lack or excess of exercise or mental stress, then the body's immunity can be affected. This encourages the growth of bacteria and viruses which will cause sickness and disease

Each of us has a unique combination of these Doshas in our bodies. Called Prakruti or ‘body type’, this combination is determined at the time conception. This is because both the sperm and ovum contain the three primary energies - Vata, Pitta and Kapha. If the sperm is stronger, then the newborn will be dominant with the quality carried in the male sperm or vice versa.

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