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Diet For Pitta

Food Items that are to be included in a pitta diet are the following:

  • Rice
  • Wheat
  • Mung (Green gram)
  • Masoor (Lentil)
  • Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
  • Ghee
  • Milk
  • Butter
  • Jawar (Sorghum vulgare)
  • Chik pea (Bengal gram)
  • Jaggery
  • Coconut
  • Castor oil
  • Vegetables
  • Bitter gourd
  • Parval (Pointed gourd)
  • Bottle gourd
  • Tanduliyakam (Amaranth)
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Gourd luffa (Luffa cylindrica)
  • Kushmanda (White gourd melon)
  • Beetroot
  • Eggplant
  • Cucumber
  • Okra
  • Radish
  • Turnip
  • Plantain
  • Asparagus
  • Elephant foot yam
  • Yellow melon
  • Ivy gourd
  • Plantain flower
  • Jivanti (Leptedania reticulata)

Fruits:

  • Banana
  • Grapes
  • Pomegranate
  • Watermelon (Tarbuj)
  • Black berry (Jamun)
  • Coconut
  • Indian plum (Bade Ber)
  • Sweet lime (Mosambi)
  • Melon (Kharbuja)
  • Lime
  • Custard apple (Sitafal)
  • Mulberry (Shahatut)
  • Sugarcane
  • Aconite / Monk's hood (Amrud)
  • Amalaki (Emblic myrobalan)
  • Apple
  • Avocado
  • Oranges
  • Pears
  • Dry Fruits
  • Raisins (soaked)
  • Fig
  • Walnut
  • Plum
  • Cashew nut
  • Dates (Kharjura)
  • Charoli
  • Almond
  • Singhada (Caltrops / Water chestnut / Singhara nut)
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Spices:

  • Mangosteen oil tree (Garcinia indica/ Vrkshamla)
  • Cumin seeds (Jeeraka)
  • Coriander
  • Coriander seeds (dhanyaka)
  • Saindhava salt
  • Turmeric
  • Fennel (Saunf)
  • Cardamom

Diet restricted for people having pitta:

  • Honey
  • Hot water
  • Curd
  • Tamarind
  • Groundnut Oil
  • Horse gram (Kulattha)
  • Mustard oil
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Vegetables restricted for pitta:

  • Pungent vegetables
  • Garlic
  • Onion
  • Potato
  • Peppers
  • Tomatoes

Fruits restricted for pitta:

  • Sour fruits
  • Pineapple
  • Falsa (Grewia asiatica)
  • Ripe Mango
  • Ripe Bilwa (Aegle marmelos)
  • Papaya
  • Plums (sour)
  • Peaches

Spices restricted for pitta:

  • Ajwain (King's cumin)
  • Ginger
  • Green chili
  • Spear-mint / Garden mint
  • Hing (Asafetida)
  • Black Pepper
  • Garlic
  • Tamarind
  • Tejpatra (Himalayan silver fir)
  • Tulsi (Sacred Basil / Holy Basil)

Submitted by: Dr. Gayatri Ganesh B.A.M.S

Edited by: Dr. Reeja Tharu

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