Follow an anti-Pitta diet (mentioned
Below). Avoid alcohol, hot spices, excessive oil or greasy food. Red
meat and too much salt.
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Vitamins: B-vitamins, calcium and iron are usually
prescribed.
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Wear an emerald set in silver on the middle finger
of the right hand. Pearl and moonstone are also recommended.
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Apply sandalwood oil to the third eye and do the
chest.
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Chant the mantra ‘Sham’. It has cooling
and calming action.
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Recommended herbs include aloe, arjuna, barberry,
golden seal, gotu kola, motherwort, myrrh, goldenseal, saffron, shatavari,
sandalwood and katuka.
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Apply sandalwood oil to the chest and to the “third
eye” in the middle of the forehead.
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Practice meditation to reduce pent-up anger, hatred
and resentment Cultivate peace, love and forgiveness.
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Limit exposure to sun. Avoid strong exercise.
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Herbal combinations often prescribed for this condition
include Arjuna preparations, Gotu Kola compound and Brahma Rasayana.
Anti-Pitta
Diet
The anti-Pitta diet
consists of cool, slightly dry and heavy foods. The foods should be raw
and relatively plain-tasting. Avoid foods prepared in lots of oil or heavily
spiced.
Dietary considerations
include:
1.
Vegetables
are good for Pitta-type heart disease. Eat them raw or steamed,
but never fried. Cauliflower, celery, cabbage, mushrooms, asparagus,
lettuce, green beans, peas, cucumber, okra, potatoes, parsley are
all OK. Avoid chilies, onions, tomatoes, avocados, carrots, beets,
spinach, radishes, and seaweed.
2.
Fruit: Take apples,
pears, pineapple, cranberries, dates, grapes, figs, oranges, raspberries
and mangoes. Avoid grapefruit, lemons, limes, bananas, cherries,
peaches, strawberries, papaya and apricots.
3.
Grains: Most grains, including whole-grain
breads and pastas, are OK. Avoid brown rice, corn, rye and buckwheat.
4.
Beans: Beans are good. Eat them with
cumin or other spices to minimize upsetting the digestion. Avoid peanuts
and lentils.
5.
Meat: Avoid meat. The white meat of chicken
or turkey and the whites of eggs are OK.
6.
Dairy products: You can take milk, cream,
unsalted cheeses and cottage cheeses.
7.
Sugar (fruit, maple and raw) and honey
are helpful. Avoid refined white sugar, molasses and old honey.
8.
Spices: Spices can fuel the heat of
Pitta. So, Ayurvedic practitioners will only allow you take only selected
ones if you are suffering from this condition.
9.
Drinks: Black tea, green tea and herb
teas are helpful. Avoid spicy teas. Milk and other dairy products
are OK, as well as fruit and vegetable juices. Alcoholic beverages
are forbidden.
