SoupHerb Nutrition

Suparasa - FROM CELESTIALS ABOVE, FOR TERRESTRIALS BELOW

SoupHerb is a social enterprise that emerged as a result from the personal and profound experiences of both co-founders journey with an exclusive liquid diet.

The company organically evolved to incorporate ayurvedic ingredients with a deeper purpose to bring the constitution of individuals back into balance. Soupherb the world‘s first Ayurvedic soup brand is unique as it’s made completely fresh with zero preservatives.

Our mission is to give a Soupherb experience to all and help build a healthy and fit SoupHerb Society, and our Vision is to take Ayurveda to the World. To help support this mission, SoupHerb has also expanded operations and included the cultivation of medicinal plants in the Himalayan Valley for higher quality soups.

At SoupHerb we are emphatic that life may be lengthened by human effort and that health and disease are not predetermined, we go by the belief that the right food can cure the disease, protect the health, and prolong the life.

Rasasiddhi - AYURVEDA IN ITS TRUEST FORM

SoupHerb identifies itself with Ayurveda and life charms directed to restoration to health or to longer or full life, and never to immortality in the literal sense, with all conceptions of well-being connected with human life on earth. In India, ayurveda is often overlooked as uninteresting, primitive, and out-of-date while soup as a meal in itself is also often dismissed as being basic, bland, and unfashionable. SoupHerb aims to flip these ideas around and establish a premium Ayurvedic soup brand.

Taking inspiration from this natural system of healing that is comprehensive and complete, real and rational, and also sensitive to both nature and the Earth, SoupHerb brings forth a perennial naturopathic system of health care, Ayurveda, that has survived through the onslaught of modern medicine and preserved the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the Earth.

Ayurveda is the code we live by. Naturopaths believe in nature's intrinsic ability to support the body's own systems. We use traditional materials and techniques, time tested for ‘000s of years to create potent decoctions and nutritional formulations that help the skin and body age in the reverse.

Since many people have studied Yoga and allied spiritual traditions from India or elsewhere, will easily gravitate towards SoupHerb, and benefit on a therapeutic level for treatment of their disease, lifestyle disorders and overall health maintenance to become a better version of themselves, and to rediscover the single one therapy that surpasses all forms of medicine - “Self-Love”.

Rasasastra - HERBAL ALCHEMY

Alchemical processes are directly relatable to a theoretical framework that there was perhaps an ultimate substance from which the cosmos emerged, the substance may be manifested, either as the Liquid (Rasa) or a Powder (churna). The key process was burning to oxidize accretions, and to reduce the substance to its primeval state. Between the two, the Liquid (Rasa) seemed to be more extraordinary since the powdered ash or churna could also be dissolved in it. SoupHerb has adopted this principle of liquidity to dissolve all the beneficial elements from the medicinal plants into the soup-making process, thereby creating an Elixir true to its name, Soma.

Based on traditional alchemical fundamentals, SoupHerb uses its own spagyric tinctures/decoctions made from 63 exotic medicinal plants sourced from all over the Indian subcontinent.

Spagyrics today means a specific method for preparing plant and mineral substances through fermentation, distillation, ashing, extraction and filtration. This is similar to the concept of Rasayana "path of essence", used in Ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine, to practice techniques for lengthening lifespans and invigorating the body through plant-derived medicines. At SoupHerb the Rasasastra alchemical process is utilized incorporating the preparation of herbal tinctures from plants enriched with nutrients from our Soups to help one attain longevity, memory, intelligence, health, youthfulness, excellence of luster, complexion and voice, optimum development of physique and sense organs, mastery over phonetics, respectability and brilliance.

Our Soup-er Alchemist serves as the agent of your transformation with our Functional Foods, take into account the whole person and harness clean and living ingredients from the earth to empower your transformation.

ayurvedarasasastra - MEDICINAL FOOD

Food is the best medicine and the best long-term treatment available in any system of medicine anywhere in the world.

A balanced diet is critical for good health. The wrong diet is responsible for 90 percent of physical disease. A wrong diet can also reduce or nullify the effects of herbal treatments, therefore Ayurveda places considerable importance on the correct food and the optimum ways to prepare and eat that food.

The ancients perceived the universe as different forms of manifested energy; they saw these same fundamental energies in our food and herbs. The unique classification of food and herbs according to their individual actions (or "energies") is how Ayurveda and traditional Chinese Medicine restore balance to the body. Many ancient cultures traveled to India to learn from India's medical professionals. The Four-Humor Theory of the ancient Greeks came from India. We find the Greeks using Ayurvedic theories and herbal formulations after 400 B.C., when they were known to have studied the Ayurvedic system extensively.

Hence, it is possible historically to say that constitutional medicine is the foundation of the modern allopathic medicine that evolved from the ancient Greek system. SoupHerb is actually beginning to come "full circle" by holding true to the age old Greek saying “Let Food be thy Medicine and Medicine be thy Food”, but with an Ayurvedic twist. In our quest, we created Living Liquids and a process where the spirit of our ingredients and herbs has not been destroyed but has penetrated into the decoctions and finally the Soup creating Somamrit i.e. Elixir formed through transmutation of a substance from one form to a better form.

AMRTAM AYUR HIRANYAM - HERBAL HISTORY

Our range of soups caters to those who demand excellence and desire exceptional outcomes from their eating rituals. Our commitment to clean and living herbal formulations means you’ll never need to choose between your well-being and results or between performance and natural solutions. You shouldn't have to compromise your values when it comes to functional foods. That's why every soup we create is crafted with no compromise, ever. Our AYURVEDIC ALCHEMY is the transformation of the ordinary into the extraordinary. It is the process of turning those things of seemingly little value into divine potions of Soma -Liquid Cosmology explained through a unique Alchemical Tradition of India mentioned in the most ancient texts known to humans - the Vedas

Vyadhinasa - FIGHT AGAINST LIFESTYLE DISEASES

Our current standard of stress and tension in everyday life is commonly accepted as a major cause of disease today. We don't need Ayurveda to know that too much stress kills. What we do need the Ayurvedic system for is to know how to reduce the effects of stress and still live in our society. To better understand how Ayurveda can help us do this, it is necessary to understand the disease process from the Ayurvedic point of view. At SoupHerb, we’re aware that all people in modern society must suffer, at one time or another, imbalances in their constitutional makeup, which is the main cause of diseases. Disturbance in the metabolism, indigestion, excessive appetite and improper functioning of the digestive system is what converts regular food eaten into poison, arresting the natural movement of food in and through the body giving rise to various physical ailments. SoupHerb is proved to raise the metabolic process to generate more heat in the body, especially in the digestion process, so that toxins can burn up naturally before they start migration throughout the body with the help of vata (air). This metabolic/digestive heat or process is called Agni in Ayurveda. Agni is the action of the metabolic process that actually breaks down and transforms food. The Soma curated by SoupHerb is the perfect food for the digestive Agni (which represents the general metabolic process) under the principles of RasaHrydaya or Principle of Liquidity and Principle of Killing Impurities through proper diet.

Suparasa Sadrasa - THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF TASTE

Taste (and its therapeutic actions) is probably one of the most difficult and foreign concepts to understand. Unfortunately, as a culture we have lost much of our sense of taste due to the overuse of sugar and salt. When Ayurveda uses the word "taste," it literally means when you put something on your tongue

Ayurveda states that there are six basic tastes, and guess what? Here's the bottom line: if you don't get these six tastes, then your body is deprived of valuable nutrients, minerals, vitamins, and your digestive system will not function correctly. Without all six tastes, the digestion cannot absorb the elements and nutrients that are needed to live disease free.

The six tastes are the key to understanding the food and herb therapies of Ayurveda. Their system of tastes gives us a method to choose our food and our medicines systematically for our personal constitution. If we use the right balance of tastes for our constitution, then we will seldom, if ever, fall sick, because by using the tastes correctly we keep the three humors in balance.

Sweet represents love, sour represents envy, salty represents greed, pungent represents anger, bitter represents grief, and astringent represents fear. This is not a simplistic method of classifying foods and plants; taste has a very definite biochemical effect on the body.

The tastes also affect us psychologically. It is said that the effect of emotional taste is stronger than the taste resulting from food and herbs. As with all forms of health, our mental attitude plays a decisive role in maintaining and healing ourselves.

Dehavada - DIGESTION IS KING, GUT RULES!

There is so much emphasis placed on digestion and the quality of it in Ayurveda that it could be considered obsessive. The importance of digestion cannot be underrated or just passed over briefly. The daily diet should consist of foods in their natural states, processed foods of any kind must be avoided.

It is wrongly assumed that whatever food you put in your stomach will generally contribute to the nourishment of the body. In actual fact it is what you are able to digest that is important.

In Ayurveda there is a difference between the actual ability to digest food and the pitta humor which controls the overall digestion and metabolism. They call this function Agni, like the God of Fire, but in reference to the body it really means your actual ability to digest something. Few people can digest all they eat; most people have a digestion that is running far below normal due to a weak or suppressed digestive fire.

SoupHerb is a classic example of pure natural foods diet prepared according to your constitution with the correct digestive and healing herbs, placing importance on what our bodies can digest, not how much we eat, although overeating will reduce the overall life span.

TETRASOMA - LIQUID COSMOLOGY

Through ancient wisdom and traditional AYURVEDA, our soups are crafted with clean and living ingredients so your transformation is guaranteed. Our ingredients are not just free from toxins they are also living. We use farm-fresh ingredients and herbs nurtured through direct farm partnerships, and we prioritize locally sourced produce for authenticity and sustainability.We define Pure Crafted as beyond toxin-free. While some companies concentrate on solitary ingredients and use fillers, additives, taste enhancers to augment their foods, SoupHerb exists because we understand that the value of multiple ingredients is essential in Embracing the Full Bounty of the Earth. At the heart of our philosophy lies the belief that more is better. We meticulously produce and add the highest concentrations of herbal decoctions with other ingredients to deliver unparalleled taste and flavor, all without a single trace of artificial chemicals, preservatives, colouring agents.

As an alternative to junk processed and easy to go meals we’ve carefully curated delicious and tasty soups, providing high nutrition with the added goodness of herbal decoctions. Our recipes are formulated by expert nutritionist, Ayurvedic practitioners and multiple chefs, keeping in mind the problems being faced by all sections of society and age groups, such as kids, adults and aged population. Following the principles of Tetrasoma i.e. 4 parts of the Soup; Taste, Texture, Aroma and Temperature, we have been able to retain the goodness of each ingredient for maximum benefit and a heightened experience.

Rasavidya - ALCHEMICAL OVERTONES

Just like churning of the oceans resulted in the separation of Amrta, The heavy from the light, The sublime liquid from the Gross, bringing forth the Liquid of Life, a symbolic reverberation is vividly portrayed through our values and traditions. Our simple soup ingredients are treated with higher substances of tinctorial qualities revealing the great mystery of the alchemical theory, the premise that it is the quality which becomes Soma to then create Soma, but our unique herbs formulations which possess the desired quality can make Soma and transmute the simple ingredients also into Soma.

Oshadhiparvata - MEDICINAL PLANTS CULTIVATION IN HIMALAYAN VALLEY

The initiative to cultivate herbs in the Himalayan Valley basin is a commendable effort. Ayurveda indeed highlights the Himalayan and adjacent regions as natural habitats for herbs, emphasizing their potency compared to other areas in the sub-continent. This strategic choice of location aligns with Ayurvedic wisdom and ensures that the herbs cultivated will have a higher medicinal value. Additionally, focusing on the Himalayan Valley basin for herb cultivation not only supports the sustainability of these valuable resources but also contributes to the goals of self-reliance and the promotion of indigenous knowledge and practices, as envisioned in the "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" initiative.

This project represents a significant step toward harnessing India's natural wealth for the benefit of healthcare and sustainable development. India is the origin of herbal medicines since Vedic period and Ayurveda is one of the most ancient sciences using herbs in healthcare. Last two centuries have witnessed global industrialization and last 2 decades have seen a huge resurgence in herbal industry as well. India is one of the major end users as well as exporter of several herbs. In many countries herbs are imported for several purposes including medicinal use but they follow very stringent rules for import with respect to quality and safety. This increasing demand has made over-exploitation of the natural resources herbs and have endangered several potent herbs. Though herbs have now gained much importance, a sustainable model for revival as well as maintenance of reserves is highly required. Increasing popularity of herbal medicines, phytopharmaceuticals, herbal foods, herbal cosmetics, etc. have increased the demand of herbs alarmingly and such huge demand can only be catered by herbal cultivation and active participation of government bodies.

The "Himalayan Valley: The First Herbal Valley of the World" project, emerges as a visionary initiative with a robust rationale deeply rooted in the principles of self-reliance, environmental sustainability, and community development. Analyzing the historical trajectory of medicinal plant ecosystems reveals alarming threats to biodiversity, habitat degradation, and the endangerment of various plant species with significant medicinal value. Uttarakhand, with its rich biodiversity and favorable climate, becomes the canvas for this transformative project aimed at cultivating medicinal plants. The region, abundant with 701 out of 1,748 medicinal plant species found in the Indian Himalayan region, presents an opportune landscape for fostering botanical wealth. This project strategically focuses on the Himalayan Valley basin, aligning with Ayurvedic wisdom and contributing to biodiversity conservation. The cultivation of herbs not only addresses environmental challenges but also serves as a diversified income source for rural populations. The rationale lies in the convergence of ancient wisdom, modern science, and socio-economic development.

Folklore - Surya, the sun god, fell in love with a beautiful woman while travelling across the skies. Unable to stop his journey he was stricken and began to waste away. Vayu, the wind god, was asked by the other gods to find out the cause of his malady. Vayu discovered the maiden to be Sanjana, the daughter of Vishvakarma, the divine architect. With the blessings of the gods, Surya and Sanjana were married and Himalayan, Yama and Manu were born to them. Sanjana, however, unable to tolerate Surya’s brilliance, fled to a shadowy forest on earth, leaving her twin and shadow, Chhaya, in her place. Chhaya and Surya (who was unaware of the deception) begat Manu and Shani. Himalayan discovered the truth and growing tired of Chhaya’s ill-treatment prayed for a reunion of her parents. After years of penance, Lord Brahma the Creator, told her to descend to mrityulok. Before her descent, her brothers blessed her with the boon that anyone who bathed in her waters on earth would be granted mukti (liberation) from the unending cycle of birth and death, Regardless of their past sins.

My name is Herb, Soup-Herb

Souperveda