Prakrthi

In Ayurveda, each of us has a unique mind-body type, known as a dosha. Think of a dosha as your individual blueprint that describes your unique personality, tendencies, and physical nature. Understanding your dosha reveals how to keep yourself in balance to stay happy, healthy and disease free.

1	Your body frame
	Thin Moderate Thick
2	What about your body weight?
	Low Moderate Overweight
3	Now about your skin?
	Dry, Rough, Cool, Brown, Black Soft, Oily, Warm, Flair, Red, Yellowish Thick, Oily, Cool, Pale, White
4	How your hair look like?
	Dry, easy to break, brokenends Soft, oily, early grey,tendency towards baldness Thick, oily, wavy, dark or light
5	Teeths
	Protruded, big & crooked,gums emaciated, cavities Moderate in size, softgums, yellowish Strong, white
6	Eyes
	Small, dull, dry Sharp, shiny, penetrating Big, attractive, thick eyelashes
7	Appetite
	Variable, scanty Good, excessive,unbearable Slow but steady
8	Preferred Taste
	Salty, sour, sweet Sweet, bitter, astringent Pungent, bitter, astringent
9	Thirst
	Variable Excessive Scanty
10	Elimination, frequency
	Dry, hard, constipated Soft, oily, loose Thick, oily, heavy, slow
11	Physical activity
	Very active Moderate Lethargic
12	Mind
	Restless, active, anxiety,confusion, worry, nervous Aggressive, intelligent,critical, analytical Calm, slow, lethargy,dullness
13	Emotional temperament
	Fearful, insecure,unpredictable, moody Aggressive, irritable, anger,impatience, jealous Calm, greedy, attached,depression, likable
14	Faith
	Changeable Passionate about faith,tendency towards fanatism Steady
15	Memory
	Quick to understand / perceive, quick to forget Sharp Slow but prolonge
16	Dreams
	Fearful, flying, jumping,running Fiery, anger, violence, war Watery, river, ocean, lake,swimming, romantic
17	Sleep
	Scanty, interrupted Little but sound Heavy, prolonged
18	Speech
	Fast Sharp and cutting Slow, monotonou
19	Tongue
	Cracked, impression of teeth, black-to-brown,trembling Red, yellow or greencoating White coated
20	Nails
	Brittle, longitudinalstriations, dry, crooked Soft, pink, tender, slightlyglistering Thick, strong, soft, veryshiny, bump at the end
21	Pulse
	Thready, feeble, moves likea snake Moderate, lumping like afrog Broad, slow, moves like aswan

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Vata Prakriti

Beneficial Foods

Non-Beneficial Foods

The food which are beneficial to Vata Prakriti are those that are sweet and hot in properties. Since Vata Prakriti people have variable digestive capacity, it is recommended to them to follow an appropriate dietary routine. Food should be consumed in small quantities. Ginger and garlic shall be used to maintain proper digestive abilities. Cereals such as wheat, sesame. Pulses such as black gram, green gram. Milk products such as curd, ghee, butter, cheese. Oils such as sesame oil, castor oil, cod liver oil. Vegetable such as white gourd, drumstick, onion, asparagus, radish. Fruits such as mango, coconut, grapes, dates, pineapple, almonds, figs.

Food which are not beneficial to Vata which are dry, cold and astringent in properties. Cereals such as barely, horse gram. Pulses such as sprouted pulses, peas, masur, chana. Vegetables such as dry leafy vegetables, potato, bitter gourd. Fruit such as jamun, cucumber, watermelon. Spices such as chillies, pepper. Honey and sugarcane juice are not beneficial.

Pita Prakriti

Beneficial Foods	Non-Beneficial Foods
Food which are cold , dry, sweet and bitter are beneficial to Pitta Prakriti. Cereals such as wheat, barley. Pulses masur, greengram, channa. Ghee, butter, fresh buttermilk. Vegetables such as snake gourd, white gourd, carrot, beetroot. Fruits such as dried grapes, apple, pomegranate, ripe bananas. Old jaggery. Spices such as coriander, rock salt. Meat of deer or goat.	Food which are hot, pungent and sharp (teekshna) in properties are not beneficial to Pitta Prakriti. Pulses such as blackgram, horsegram, sprouted pulses. Sour curds and butter milk. Beef, mutton, sea fish. Vegetables such as bringal, drumstick, green leafy vegetables. Fruits such as oranges, lime, tamrind, unripe mango. Spices such as garlic, pepper, chillies, asafoetida.

Kapha Prakriti

Beneficial Foods

Non-Beneficial Foods

Food which are light, hot, dry, pungent in properties are beneficial to Kapha Prakriti. Cereals such barley. Pulses such as masur, horse gram, green gram. Oil such as mustard oil, sesame oil. Vegetables such as bitter gourd, drumstick, snake gourd, onions. Fruits such as pomegranates, lemon. Spices such as dry ginger, black cumin seeds, garlic, pepper. Meat of deer. Old wine and substances such as honey.

Food which are sweet, cold, heavy in property are not beneficial to Kapha Prakriti. Cereals such as fresh rice. Pulses such as black gram. Buffalo’s milk, curd, ghee, butter. Oils from animal fat. Vegetables such as sweet potato, cabbage. Fruits such as banana, guava, grapes, coconut, jack fruit. Mutton, egg, fresh water fish. Sugarcane juice, jaggery. Freshly prepared beverages. Spices such as coriander.