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Food Items for Kapha


The following are the food items advised for people having kapha constitution:
  • Old Wheat
  • Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
  • Bajra (Pearl millet)
  • One-year-old jaggery
  • Amaranthus
  • Chickpea
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    (Bengal gram)
  • Horse gram
  • Red gram
  • Mung dal (Green gram)
  • Moth (Dew gram)
  • Masoor (lentil)
  • Pea
  • Sesame oil
  • Mustard oil
  • Milk/ghee/curd of goat
Vegetables:
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  • Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica)
  • Garlic (Allium sativum)
  • Bitter gourd
  • Eggplant
  • Carrot (Daucus carota)
  • Cowpea
  • Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum)
  • Drumstick
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    (Moringa oliefera)
  • Elephant root (Amorphophallus campanulatus)
  • Beetroot
  • Carrot
  • Beans
  • Cabbage
  • Tender radish
  • Turnip
  • Plantain
  • Flat bean
  • Drumstick
  • Ivy gourd
  • Plantain flower
  • Plantain steam
  • Jeevanti (Leptedania reticulata)
  • Pumpkin
  • Cauliflower
Fruits:
  • Figs
  • Black berry
  • Pomegranate
  • Lime
  • Mulberry
  • Betel nut
  • Apples
  • Apricot
  • Pears
  • Dry fruits
Spices:
  • King’s cumin
  • Pepper
  • Dried ginger
  • Ginger
  • Cardamom
  • Bay leaves
  • Clove
  • Saffron
  • Tulasi (Sacred Basil/Holy Basil)
  • Coriander seeds
  • Spear-Mint/Garden mint
  • Green chili
  • Garlic
  • Turmeric
  • Asafetida

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wandy, India

iliked dis site......it offers a lot of VALUABLE information abt our body types....
its AWESOME man..............

Kashamamma, United States

AWESOME !! THIS IS THE MOST ...CORRECT...finding ..
I truly BELIEVE in..India's knowledge..
of our body types !!
THEY can tell us SO MUCH about how ..
anyone can LEAD a HEALTY life in ALL areas..
of our existance !!
Children should be taught this in schools ..
so that they can see how..
PRE-determined their..physical structure is,
to work with it and not put themselves 'down'
because of it.
Continued succes in this site !!

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