Cereals | Pulses | Vegetables | Fruits | Nuts | Spices | Milk & Milk Products | Sweeteners | Miscellaneous |
Picture | Food Stuff | Element & its Proportion | Taste | Effect on Constitution | Some Facts |
Wheat | Water (2) Earth (2) | Sweet | Decreases Vatta, Pitta Increases Kapha | New wheat increases ama (acid), old wheat decreases kapha | |
Barley | Earth (2) Fire (2) | Sweet, Pungent, Astringent | Increases Vatta Decreases Pitta, Kapha | Reduces body fat and increases passing urine | |
Rice | Earth (2) Water (2) Fire (2) | Sweet | Decreases Vatta, Pitta New increases Kapha | Decreases burning sensation in the body increases passing urine | |
Bajra | Earth (2) Air (1) | Sweet | Increases Vatta, Pitta Decreases Kapha | Heavy to digest | |
Jowar | Earth (2) Air (2) | Sweet, Astringent | Decreases Vatta, Pitta Sometimes increases Kapha | Good in diabetes | |
Ragi | - Air (2) | Sweet, Bitter, Astringent | Sometimes increases Vatta | - | |
Corn | - | Cold | Sometimes increases Vatta | - |
Cereals | Pulses | Vegetables | Fruits | Nuts | Spices | Milk & Milk Products | Sweeteners | Miscellaneous |