Properties of pigeon pea, green gram and lentil

Pigeon pea is said to be most wholesome for kapha and pitta while slightly provoking vata; green gram is similar, removes fever and suits every kind of diarrhoea; the soup (dāl) of these is especially wholesome in fever and diarrhoea; lentil is cooling. Every grain should be used after weighing the person's constitution, region, season and disease.