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Picture Food Stuff Element & its Proportion Taste Light / Heavy Oily / Dry Hot / Cold Effect on Constitution Some Facts
610 Brinjal Brinjal Fire (3)
Air (2)
Water (1)
Sweet, Bitter Light Dry Hot Decreases Kapha, Vatta, Increases Pitta        Bigger ones are heavy to digest
611 Parwar Parwar Fire(2)
Ether (2)
Air (2)
Sweet Light      Oily Hot Decreases Vatta, Kapha Increases Pitta  Kills worms
612 Tinda Tinda (Roundguard) Fire (2)
Water (2)
Sweet Heavy     Oily Cold Increases Vatta, Kapha, Decreases Pitta   
615 Bitter guard Bitter guard Air (1)
Fire (2)
Pungent, Astringent Light Dry Hot Increases Pitta                Decreases Vatta, Kapha  
616 Golkandra Kankoda (Golkandra) Fire (3)
Ether (2)
Air (1)
Bitter Light Dry Hot Decreases Vatta, Pitta, Kapha For Tridosha and during fever it's very good source. 
617 Bottle guard Bottle guard (Lowki) Water (3)
Earth (2)
Sweet Heavy Dry Very Cold Decreases  Pitta, Increases Kapha, Vatta  
619 Cucumber Cucumber Water  (2)
Fire (1)
Ether (1)
Sweet, Pungent, Bitter Heavy Dry Cold Increases Vatta, Decreases Pitta, Kapha Avoid in rainy season
620 Ghia tori Ghosalam (Ghia tori ) Water (3)
Fire (2)
Air (2)
Earth  (1) 
Sweet,  Astringent Heavy Oily Cold Decreases Pitta, Kapha Increases Vatta  
621 Ridge guard Ridge guard (Torai ) Water (3)
Air (3
Ether (2)
Sweet Heavy Oily Cold Increases Vatta, Decreases Pitta, Kapha  
622 PumpKin PumpKin (Red Kohlu) Fire (2)
Water (2)
Earth (2)
Air (1)
Sweet Heavy Oily Cold Increases Kapha, Decreases Pitta, Vatta  
623 Potato Potato Water (2)
Earth (2)
Air (2)
Sweet Heavy Dry Cold Increases Kapha, Vatta Without spices increases Vatta 
624 Sweet Potato (Shakarkand) Sweet Potato (Shakarkand) Earth (3)
Water (2)
Sweet Light      Oily Cold Decreases  Pitta Increases Vatta, Kapha  
625 Ratalu Ratalu (kachcha aloo) Water (3)
Fire (2)
Pungent, Sweet Heavy     Oily Cold Increases Pitta, Kapha, Decreases Vatta  
626 Colocasia Colocasia (Arwi ) Earth (2)
Fire (2)
Water (1)
Sweet Heavy     Oily Cold Increases Pitta, Kapha, Decreases Vatta  
627 Yam Yam (Zimikand) Fire (2)
Ether (2)
Air (1)
Pungent, Astringent Light Dry Hot Decreases Vatta,  Kapha  
628 whiteOnion Onion (White) Water (2)
Earth (2)
Fire (1)
Sweet Light Dry  Cold Decreases  Vatta, Increases Kapha, Pitta  
629 Red Onion Onion (Red) Fire (2)
Earth (1)
Ether (1)
Pungent Heavy     Oily Hot Decreases vatta, Increases Pitta, Kapha  
630 Carrot Carrot Fire (3)
Water (2)
Earth  (1)
Sweet,  Astringent Light Dry Hot Increases Pitta  Decreases Kapha, Vatta  
631 Radish Radish (Muli - Mogari) Fire (3)
Air (2)
Water (1)
Ether (1)
Pungent Heavy Dry Hot Decreases Pitta ,  Vatta, Kapha  
632 Beetroot Beetroot (Chukandar) Water (2)
Earth  (2)
Sweet Heavy     Oily Cold Increases Pitta, Decreases Kapha, Vatta  
633 Cabbage Cabbage (Patta gobi) Air (2)
Fire (1)
Ether (1)
Pungent Light Dry Cold Increases  Kapha, Vatta, Decreases Pitta  
634 Ladies Finger Ladies finger (Bhindi) Earth (2)
Air (2)
Fire (1)
Astringent Heavy     Oily Hot Increases Vatta, Kapha  
635 Cluster beans Cluster beans (Guar ki phalli) Water (3)
Earth (2)
Fire (1)
Sweet Heavy Dry Cold Increases  Vatta, Kapha Decreases Pitta   
636 Pink beans Pink beans (Babril, Valore) Earth (2)
Water (2)
Sweet Heavy Oily Cold Increases  Vatta, Kapha Decreases Pitta  
637 French beans French beans  (Fraash bean) Earth (2)
Water (2)
Sweet Heavy Oily Cold Decreases Pitta,     Increases Vatta, Kapha  
638 Drumstick Drumstick (Saijan ki phalli) Fire (4)
Earth (3)
Water (2)
Air (2)
Sweet , Astringent Light Dry Hot Decreases  Kapha, Pitta, Vatta  
639 Amaranth leaves Amaranth leaves  (Cholai Sag) Water  (2)
Fire (2)
Earth (2)
Sweet Light Dry Cold Decreases Vatta, Pitta, Kapha  
640 Spinach Spinach (Palak) Earth (3)
Water (2)
Air (2)
Sweet Heavy Dry Hot Decreases Pitta Increases Vatta, Kapha   
641 Ripe tomato Ripe tomato Water (2)
Ether (2)     
Sweet and sour Light Oily Hot Decreases Vatta, Kapha Increases Pitta  Increases blood cells
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