Kapha is said to be aggravated by daily sleep in the daytime, by lack of sexual activity and exercise, by slimy, sour, unctuous (such as ghee and oil), very thick or heavy and salty foods, by foods rich in flour (such as wheat or chickpea flour), sugarcane juice and its products such as jaggery and sugar, milk and black gram, by curd, liquor, fermented things and sweets, by creeper fruits (the commentary: ash gourd), by eating again on top of a meal, by indigestion, by very sour drinks and by very cold food. A footnote gives a variant reading for part of verse 60.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कफ प्रकोप के कारण
- English
- Causes of kapha aggravation
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