Kapha dosha –
The basic qualities of this are cold, heavy, some what sticky.
Kapha pacifying foods –
- To balance this one should eat smaller amounts of food and should go for Vata dosha aggravating foods.
- Those are dry, hot and sharp are good one. So it include foods with pungent, bitter or astringent tastes.
- Puffed cereals such as puffed rice or corn; small astringent grain like millet, amaranth are to be taken.
- Green leafy vegetables and spices like ginger, garlic, turmeric and chili are generally good for Kapha dosha.
- Chapati without butter or oil or ghee and plain just dry roasted bread is good for the same.
- Vegetables like cucumbers, pumpkin family, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, brinjal etc are to be avoided in heavy quantity.
- Fruits like apples, apricots, pears, pomegranates and dried fruits in general including apricots, figs and raisins are good for the same.
- Beans are welcome as they increase Vata.
- Spices like ginger and turmeric is best to remove Kapha dosha in terms of unwanted mucus from the body
Kapha aggravating foods –
- Foods such as dairy product, wheat, avocados and oils increase this.
- Usually sweet products like desserts, sweets themselves, deep fried foods, salty, heavy food increases Kapha.
- Laziness, possessiveness, sluggishness and eating plenty of milk product increases Kapha dosha.
- Vegetables like cucumber, pumpkin family, sweet potatoes, potatoes and vegetables having too much water within it increses Kapha dosha.
- Fruits those sweet juicy increases Kapha dosha.
Excess salt does increases Kapha dosha
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