| 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 |
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