Pitta Dosha

When you know which dosha and what kind of imbalances you have, you can adjust your lifestyle and nutrition to balance it and feel much better and healthier. Ayurveda has offered natural techniques for antiaging and wellbeing for 4000 years! If you have a strong Pitta dosha constitution, you will recognize some of these qualities. In hot summer months and from adolescence till the elderly years, we all feel these qualities more. 

We are soon going to dive deeper into Pitta dosha and how to balance this end of summer accumulation of fire, on my free webinar on the 14th of September.

So raise your hand below in the comments, if you recognize yourself in the qualities of Pitta, the dosha of fire! I am a combination of Vata and Pitta and a little bit of Kapha. So I have many of these qualities in my life. Are you like me?

You are Pitta Dosha Type of People (or have Pitta imbalance) If you have

ELEMENTS: FIRE & WATER

QUALITIES: HOT, SHARP, LIGHT, OILY, FOUL SMELLING

RESPONSIBLE FROM: DIGESTION, MAINTENANCE OF BODY TEMPERATURE, TASTE, APPETITE, THIRST, INTELLECT, BRAVE, LUSTER, VISUAL ACUITY

Pitta Body

– Medium built body and medium weight. Sharp bright eyes
– Smooth, oily, warm, rosy skin
– Strong appetite
– Quick digestion 
– Loose bowels

Pitta Mind (Happy Times)

– Persistent, precise, courageous,. Passionate, ambitious
Dynamic, energetic
Natural Leader
Emotional
– Sharp intellect

Opposite Qualities That Balance:

– Room temperature or warm food and drinks
– Sweet, bitter,and astringent tastes
– Cooling foods (cooling by nature like coconut)
– Cooked foods – by sauteing steaming, boiling, stewing etc
– A little raw is ok, but not recommended as a main meal

Diet: Similar Qualities That Imbalance and Aggravate

– Acne, eczema, reddish skin, rosacea or brown spots
– Reddish and dry eyes
– Hyperacidity, heartburn
– Acid reflux, ulcers
– Unsatiated appetite
– Prone to diarrhoea
– Excessive sweat
– Inflammation

When Aggravated or Imbalanced

– Angry, violent. Perfectionist (nitpicker), Judgemental, manipulative
– Impatient, addicted
– Takes too much risk
– Overly stimulated
– Bossy, controlling, jealous
– Pushy, aggressive

Other

– The energy of Pitta fire transforms. Gives a sense of radiance, purpose, passion
– Pitta dosha uplifts others with its radiance
– However, in excess, it becomes destructive and “burning”
– The sharp and focused Pitta can burst into hot emotions like anger, bossy, jealousy