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Writer's pictureSharron Cosgrove

The Doshas and the Six Tastes

Vata and the Six Tastes


Vata is primarily composed of the air and ether elements, which make Vata light, cold, dry, rough, mobile, subtle, and clear. Because of these characteristics, Vata is balanced by the sweet, sour and salty tastes and aggravated by the pungent, bitter and astringent tastes.

Pitta and the Six Tastes


Pitta is primarily composed of the fire and water elements, which make pitta light, sharp, hot, oily, liquid, spreading, and subtle. Because of these characteristics, pitta is balanced by the sweet, bitter, and astringent tastes and aggravated by the sour, salty, and pungent tastes.

Kapha and the Six Tastes


Kapha is primarily composed of the earth and water elements, which make Kapha heavy, slow, cool, oily, smooth, dense, soft, stable, gross, and cloudy. Because of these characteristics, Kapha is balanced by the pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes and aggravated by the sweet, sour, and salty tastes.

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