Foods To Balance Ayurveda Tridosha
                     FOODS TO 
BALANCE THE 
AYURVEDIC 
TRIDOSHAS: VATA, 
PITTA, AND KAPHA
Tridosha Balancing Herbs
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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