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Picture	Food Stuff	Element & its Proportion	Taste	Light / Heavy	Oily / Dry	Hot / Cold	Effect on Constitution	Some Facts
Rock salt	Rock Salt	Water (2) Fire (1) Earth (1)	Sweet	Light	Oily	Cold	May increase Kapha, Decreases Pitta , Vatta
Black Salt	Black salt	Fire (2) Water (1) Air (1)	Salty, pungent	Light	Oily	Hot	Decreases Pitta, Vatta
Red chillies	Red chillies	Fire (2) Air (2)	Pungent	Light	Dry	Hot	Decreases Vatta, Kapha, Increases Pitta
Green chillies	Green chillies	Fire (2) Air (2)	Pungent	Heavy	Dry	Hot	Decreases Vatta, Kapha Increases Pitta
Turmeric	Turmeric	Earth (1) Air (1)	Pungent, Bitter	Light	Dry	Hot	Decreases Pitta, Kapha
Cumin Seeds	Cumin seeds	Air (2) Fire (2)	Pungent	Light	Dry	Hot	Decreases Pitta, Kapha, Vatta
Asafoetida	Asafoetida	-	Pungent, Bitter	Light	Oily	Hot	Decreases Vatta, Kapha Increases Pitta
Mustard seeds	Mustard seeds	Fire (3) Air (1) Ether (1)	Pungent, Bitter	Heavy	Dry	Hot	Decreases Pitta, Kapha
Garlic	Garlic	Fire (2) Earth (2) Ether (2) Water (1)	Bitter, Sweet, Pungent	Heavy	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
Fenugreek seeds	Fenugreek seeds	Ether (2) Fire (2)	Bitter	Light	Dry	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
Saunf	Aniseed (saunf)	Fire (2) Ether (1) Air (1)	Bitter, Pungent	Heavy	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta	check
Shepu seeds	Shepu seeds (sowa)	Water (2) Fire (1)	Bitter, Pungent	Light	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta, Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Omum	Omum (Ajwan)	Fire (3) Air (2) Ether (1)	Bitter, Pungent	Light	Dry	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
Ginger fresh	Ginger fresh	Fire (3) Water (2) Air (2)	Pungent	Light	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta, Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Ginger Dry	Ginger Dry (Saunth)	Water (2) Ether (2)	Pungent	Light	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta, Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Black pepper	Black pepper	Fire (3) Air (1) Ether (1)	Bitter, Pungent	Light	Dry	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
	Cloves (Lavang)	Fire (2) Air (2) Ether (2)	Bitter, Pungent	Light	Dry	Cold	Decreases Vatta, Pitta, Kapha
Cardamon	Cardamon (Elaychi)	Fire (2) Air (2)	Pungent	Light	Dry	Cold	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
Cinnamon	Cinnamon	Fire (1) Air (1) Ether (1)	Bitter, Pungent	Light	-	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
Bay leaves	Bay leaves	Water (3) Ether (2)	Sweet, Pungent	Light	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Nut meg	Nut meg	Water (2) Ether (2) Fire (2)	Pungent, Bitter	Light	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Mace	Mace (Javithri)	Ether (3) Fire (2) Water ( 2)	Sweet	Light	Oily	Hot	Decreases Vatta, Kapha, Pitta
kokum	kokum	Earth (2) Fire (2) Air (2)	Sweet, Pungent, Sour, Astringent	Light	Dry	Hot	Decreases Pitta, may increase Vatta, Kapha
Tamarind	Tamarind	Earth (3) Fire (2) Water (1)	Sour, Sweet	Light	Dry	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Lime	Lemon	Fire (3) Water (2) Air (2)	Salty	Light	Dry	Hot	Decreases Vatta, Kapha, Pitta
Curry leaves	Curry leaves	Fire (2) Water (2) Ether (1)	Pungent, Bitter Astringent	Light	Oily	Cold	Increases Pitta Decreases Vatta, Kapha
Mint	Mint	Earth (2) Water (2) Fire (1)	Tasty	Heavy	Oily	Hot	Increases Pitta Decreases Kapha, Vatta
Coriander leaves	Coriander leaves	Air (1) Water (1) Earth (1)	Sweet, Astringent	Light	Oily	Hot	Decreases Pitta, Kapha

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