Pitta

Guide to Pitta dosha

Pitta means heat or that which produces heat.Pitta produces thirst,appetite and promotes digestion.

Qualities of pitta

• unctuous
• hot
• liquidy
• sour

Functions of pitta

• vision
• hunger
• Thirst
• Softness of the body
• lustre

symptoms of pitta constitution

• premature greyishness of hair
• Good wisdom
• excessive sweating
• seeing fire in the dream.

Decrease in pitta

• improper digestion
• variation in body temperature
• loss of body lustre

Increase in pitta

• yellowishness
• increase in body temperatre
• desire for cold
• less sleep
• reduced power
• coma
• urine and stool become yellow

Main seats of Pitta

It is situated mainly in the area between heart and umbilicus.Sweat,blood,eye,skin and stomach are the other seats of pitta.