I was very high raw from January til about a week ago, but was struggling a bit mostly with my digestion and my mind, and after reading a bit more about tcm and ayurveda, I realised I have a deficient spleen and realllly need to eat some vata balancing foods...I spent all of last year travelling too so I think thats kind of contributed as well. Anyway I went to a naturopath about my digestion because I really felt like i couldn't eat anything and she told me much the same about my deficient spleen. So in the past week I've dropped the amount of raw I'm eating by a lot and added some cooked grains and root veg soups and I feel a lot better, my stomachs calmed down and I feel much more grounded. I'm seeing it from the point of view that food is meant to be good for you and you have to listen to what your body wants and at the moment my body needs some healthy cooked things (I know some people on this site will disagree but honestly, the balance I feel after a bowl of rice rather than a bunch of fruit). But anyway I really do love raw foods and I love the energy I get off them and the tastiness, I've been making myself more 'prepared' things like pizzas and veggie chips and using my dehydrator a bit more instead of just eating a cold salad but I was wondering if anyone on here has any really good recipe suggestions that are warming and spleen strengthening/balance vata? Or tips for things I can do to help my digestion/spleen? I read that the spleen likes to feel nourished and secure so have started talking to it, I know thats weird but for some reason telling a part of me that is showing signs of unhappiness that its loved is kind of nice. Anyway from some of the threads on here there seem to be lots of intelligent knowledgeable people on such subjects so I would love some advice as I don't want to end up going back to all cooked. I need to put on at least half a stone too so fattening recipes are extra welcome :-)
