The Ayurveda Experience January 19, 2017
Pitta, a combination of the fire and water elements has the qualities of being hot, sharp, penetrating, oily, light, spreading, and liquid. Let’s take a look at ways to fight Pitta inflammation.
If there’s a disturbance in any of these functions, it means your Pitta is out of balance.
Pitta-type emotions including anger, aggression, hate, competitiveness, comparison, judgment, and criticism.
One of the main indicators of Pitta is inflammation, infection, redness, or bleeding.
Any inflammatory conditions are indicative of an increased Pitta, it being the only dosha that has heating tendencies due to the presence of the fire element.
Inflammation can occur in the skin, muscles, joints, or organs, and usually, produces symptoms of redness, bleeding, and sharp/hot pain.
Treatment would vary depending on where the inflammation occurs in the body and what is causing it. This could be anything from food allergies to chronic stress.
How to manage Pitta related conditions?
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Avoid these 12 foods.
Most of the above are Pitta increasing foods. It is common sense that when you have any kind of inflammation (high Pitta), you should try to avoid them.
Include these 11 Pitta-pacifying foods in your diet.
All of the above decrease and pacify Pitta.
Incorporate cooling and soothing foods in your diet.
You can use coconut oil and sunflower oil to massage your body. Do not massage in an acute stage of inflammation.
Recently researchers have found that altered response of the body to handle inflammation is the prominent mechanism through which stress may influence the progression of chronic diseases. Hence it is prudent to manage stress by all means.
Please consult a qualified Ayurvedic practitioner before following the guidelines mentioned in this article.
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