pitta

The function of this dosha is the external metabolism  regulated through the digestion and the internal metabolism regulated through the cells. If the digestion works well it’s possible that the internal metabolism will be good as well.

Qualities:

• Hot: hot temperament, they need mental clearness. Fast digestion, if they don’t have food  they will get angry, from 3 to 5 meals for day (3 big and 2 small). Often they are intolerant to lactose. They don’t like too strong light; they have early greying and loosing of hair; hot spices are not good for them, like chilly, ginger, garlic.
• Oily: oily skin, oily hair, easy to get skin problem, high cholesterol. They need less oil and fat in the food, small amount of dry fruit. Yes for pumpkin and sunflower seeds, coconut oil, sunflower oil, ghee.
• Light: medium build, they are subjects to gaining and loosing weight easy (+ or – 3 kg), they gain weight all over the body, they have more muscles than fat.
• Intense: strong personality, perfectionist, organized, workaholic, demanding, critic, ambitious, competitive, analytic <– the body part more strong is he mind. They need vegetarian food, sattvic food with a natural and sweet taste.
• Fluid: liquid part of pitta is the swear, blood, gastric liquid. They need less tea, coffee, alcohol, food with a small acid component.
• Smelly: is possible that they have a strong smell, and they swear a lot,  swear with a strong smell, a sulfuric component.  They need in the food less onion and garlic.
• Sour: besides the lemon they don’t love other sour flavors.  They can eat sweet and natural aliments, astringent, bitter; not processed sweets, not a lot of salt but the rock salt is ok, and pungent flavors.

Menstruation: the cycle can be sometimes shorter than 28 days, with a lot of blood, long lasting.

Pitta governs digestion on mental and spiritual level as well, that refers to our capacity to digest emotions, impressions and ideas in order to arrive at a perception of truth.

The element is fire, but this dosha contains an aspect of water too. It depends upon vata for the movement element and on kapha for the support, like the fire requires air and fuel to burn properly.