This episode mentioned the Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese way, different seasons, and other ways to determine which benefits the ingredients are good for.
There was a glitch on the yogacises.com/podcast page so I am unable to list the specific links of the other episodes I mentioned. You can visit
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Episode numbers are 15, 21, 25, 31, 37, 43, and 47.