Foods To Balance Ayurveda Tridosha: Vata, Pitta, And Kapha

1. FOODS TO BALANCE THE AYURVEDIC TRIDOSHAS: VATA, PITTA, AND KAPHA Tridosha Balancing Herbs Yuvaap © 2023

2. INTRODUCTION According to Ayurveda, our body has Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, which are called tridoshas in Ayurveda. Everything from the lifecycle to the seasons, durations of the day, quality, and taste of food affects them differently. Let’s learn about tridosha-balancing foods. Yuvaap © 2023

3. 6 Rasas In Ayurveda Six tastes are referred to as "rasas" in Ayurveda. The food we prepared must contain all six rasas in different amounts. The tridosha balancing food contains a balance of six rasas. These six rasas are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and astringent. Yuvaap © 2023

4. 01 Sweet foods: honey, sugar, grains, and dairy products 02 Sour foods: citrus fruits, lemon, curd 03 Salty foods: salt and things made with the use of salt. 04 Pungent foods: spices and all spicy foods 05 Bitter foods: spinach, bitter gourd, fenugreek, etc. 06 Astringent foods: lentils and beans Yuvaap © 2023

5. Impacts of rasas on Ayurveda Tridosha • Vata is made from the sky and air elements. We need food with earth elements to balance it out. Sweet, salty, and sour foods contain heaviness like earth, balancing Vata dosha. Light food already has the quality of Vata so it increases Vata. • Pitta is made up of fire and water, and the fire makes the nature of pitta hot. To balance pitta, foods with sweet, bitter, and astringent flavors, such as green vegetables, sweet fruits, lentils, and so on, are essential. • Pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes balance the Kapha dosha. Since Kapha is made of earth and water elements, to balance it, we need light foods with heat, such as spices, green leafy vegetables, and grains like dry oats, sprouts, etc. Yuvaap © 2023

6. Food qualities and their impact • Just like there are six tastes, there are six food qualities: light, heavy, oily, hot, cold, and dry. • Wheat cheese, curd, cottage cheese, etc. are heavy foods. • Barley, corn, spinach, and apples are included in light food. • Oils and dairy foods are included in oily foods. • Beans, corn, and barley in dry food. • All heated food and drinks are in hot food, and all cooling food and drinks are in cold food. Yuvaap © 2023

7. How to balance tridosha? • To balance Vata, you need oily, hot, and heavy food. • To balance pitta dosha, one should consume oily, heavy, and cold food. • To balance Kapha dosha, one must consume light, hot, and dry food. • Ayurveda also contains a list of general foods and drinks that describes the impact of each fruit, oil, spice, and dairy product on each dosha. Yuvaap © 2023

8. Importance of herbs in Ayurveda • Tridosha-balancing herbs have a great impact on different doshas. • Ginger, black pepper, big cardamom, and other warming herbs are highly beneficial for Kapha dosha as they balance their cold nature. • Cinnamon, cumin, ginger, and cardamom are useful for Vata dosha. • Cinnamon, dry coriander seeds, coriander leaves, fennel, and dill leaves are useful for pitta dosha as they provide relief from the heat. Yuvaap © 2023

9. CONCLUSION As per Ayurveda, there should be harmony between your body and nature. As every human has a different constitution, they must take food as per their dosha to keep themselves healthy. Yuvaap © 2023

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