How to Curb Your Cravings! Plus: Shakti: the Divine Feminine – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 18, 2025 – #35, Vol 14

The Sanskrit word, trupti – तृप्ति– means contentment, fulfillment. It is a state of blissful being in which we feel physically, emotionally, and mentally satiated, a state in which we experience no lack of anything. Experiencing trupti is the ideal we strive for, but as we all know, in life, stuff happens! Because we live in time… Time runs our bodies, minds, and hearts: we are – all -and everything is – always – in constant flux. And unless we can arrest this temporal flux, we have to adjust and address daily and seasonal imbalances that result from the flow of time… 

In this sense, cravings are not inherently bad… In fact, as modern science acknowledges and Ayurveda teaches us, cravings may be a signal from our body, a “cry for help” – to address nutritional or psychological deficiencies.

By the end of Summer, after a few months of over-exposure to warmer temperatures and sunlight, our bodies are in high pitta dosha mode – an excess of heat and heat related imbalances that impact our mental and emotional state as well as our physical health. We may feel sad, sluggish, or even excessively stressed…

 But more than anything we need to pay attention to digestion and address it first because it is the root cause. End of Summer, high pitta dosha impacts our metabolism, literally setting our cravings on fire! You may find yourself excessively craving cooling/cold/somagenic foods and drinks, and sugar! Lots and lots of it! And sugar is an important component for our metabolism… Vaidya Mishra used to say, “don’t eliminate sugar or the sweet taste from your diet; make sure you are choosing good healthy sugar instead of the highly processed type… Choose naturally occuring sugars in fruits, vegetables and dairy. Naturally occuring sugars also supply necessary additional nutrients and fiber….”

Our bodies are constantly 24/7 carrying out basic metabolic functions to keep things going. Essential processes like breathing, blood circulation, digestion, hormonal regulation, and body temperature control are ALL dependent on an optimal metabolic system. Our bodies cannot survive without proper food – unless one is an accomplished yogi or yogini! Nor can our bodies function optimally without the conversion of that food into usable energy as well as building-blocks for growth and repair. Glucose or sugar, plays a central role here, because our body breaks down food – carbohydrates, fats, and proteins – into smaller components like glucose, which is then used for energy in cellular processes. 

When, for any reason – external or internal – metabolic digestive processes are disrupted then the result is a “metabolic disorder” – a situation where we have too much or not enough of necessary substances. For example: diabetes is a metabolic disorder that affects the body’s ability to properly use and store energy from food.

In short, the point is: sugar metabolism is one of the most crucial process we ALL need to pay attention to. Ayurveda offers us deep insights into how to address this. Simply put: when food is not properly metabolized – digested and absorbed – our bodies will send signals as cravings… So the first things is to make sure we are able to optimize digestion in order to control sugar cravings… 

This herbal tea was specially formulated by Vaidya Mishra to support and strengthen the metabolic processes of the body, and particularly help with sugar cravings.

It consists of a blend of 16 herbs and spices that work together to support the metabolization of carbohydrates and sugar, helping the body convert these into energy. 

Trupti Tea carries a subtle aroma and a delightful bitter-pungent taste. It helps enhance tissue transformation – dhatu paka धातु पका – that gives the experience of contentment and satiety or trupti. 

What’s in your cup of Trupti Tea, and Why?

Ayurvedic Action of Ingredients

“Soma tea” or white tea leaves (Camellia sinensis): are rich in soma, with minimal caffeine and a delicious addition to support flow of energy in the shrotas or physical channels;

Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre): enhances and balances sugar, carbohydrate, and fat metabolism; 

Pink Rose buds (Rosa centifolia: provide cooling and relaxing properties to reactive pitta dosha and help reset the emotions; 

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum): enhances glucose metabolism; 

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): calms the nervous system;

Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum): supports protein metabolism;

White pepper (Pepper nigrum): clears the cellular channels and enhances oxygenation; 

Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): opens the channels without heating; 

Saffron (Crocus sativus): aromatic, warming, antioxidant; 

Indian Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium): supports the pancreas;

Neem (Azadirachta indica): supports liver detox; 

Harsingar flower (Nyctanthes arbortristis): supports the nerve endings; 

DGL (Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice): Cools off excess pitta by balancing and neutralizing excess stomach acidity; 

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum): cools off and flushes out accumulated toxins; 

Ginger (Zingiber officinale): enhances and sharpens digestion;

Blue lotus root (Nymphaea caerulea): supports coordination between heart and mind.

Directions

Boil 1/2 tsp. of the tea blend for 3-5 minutes in 12 oz. Water. Filter and cool off. Sip slowly and enjoy! If you are craving sweets – have a cup! It will help curb the craving. If you already had lots of sweets, ice-cream, and carbs, have a cup to help digest and metabolize and take away the heavy feeling and guilt! 

This tea is great to use regularly as a digestive after meals – lunch or dinner. You may also have a cup first thing in the morning if you are not feeling hungry and need to re-awaken or sharpen a sluggish appetite.

“I am manifest Divinity, unmanifest Divinity, and Transcendent Divinity. I am Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva; as well as Saraswati, Laxmi, and Parvati. I am the Sun and I am the Stars, and I am also the Moon. I am all animals and birds, and I am the outcaste as well, and the thief. I am the low person of dreadful deeds, and the great person of excellent deeds. I am Female, I am Male, and I am Neuter.”