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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.
