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People with more Pitta in their constitutions tend to be of medium proportions, with a frame that is neither petite nor heavy, warm skin that is fair or ruddy and may be sensitive, and fine hair that tends towards premature graying or thinning.  They are sharp and determined in thought, speech and action.  There is an element of purpose to their step, an intensity to their voice.  Ambition is usually their second name.  They are moderate sleepers and gravitate towards cooler environments.  Self-confidence and an entrepreneurial spirit are hallmarks of a balanced Pitta.
 
 
Pitta governs all heat, metabolism and transformation in the mind and body. It controls how we digest foods, how we metabolize our sensory perceptions, and how we discriminate between right and wrong. Pitta governs the important digestive "Agnis" or fires of the body.
 
Some factors that create imbalance in pitta:
 
Exposure to heat, eating too much red meat, salt, spicy or sour foods. Indigestion and irregularity of meals. Exercising at midday, Drugs especially antibiotics.  Too much intellectual work/thinking. Alcohol, Fatigue, Anger, Hate
 
Here are some tips for balancing pitta:
 
  1. •Keep cool. Avoid hot temperatures and food.
  2. •Favor cool, heavy, dry foods and sweet, bitter and astringent tastes.
  3. •Reduce pungent, sour, salty tastes and warm, oily and light foods.
  4. •Moderation, don't overwork.
  5. •Allow for leisure time.
  6. •Regular mealtimes, especially lunch at noon.
  7. •Abhyanga (ayurvedic oil massage) with a cooling oil such as coconut.
 
 
 
Pitta Governs:
 
Alochaka Pitta

Functioning of the eyes
 
Bhrajaka Pitta

Healthy glow of the skin
 
Sadhaka Pitta

Desire, drive, decisiveness, spirituality
 
Pachaka Pitta

Digestion, assimilation, metabolism for healthy nutrients and tissues
 
Ranjaka Pitta

Healthy, toxin-free blood
 
Pitta out of Balance:
 
Alochaka Pitta

Blood shot eyes, poor vision
 
Bhrajaka Pitta

Skin rashes, acne
 
Sadhaka Pitta

Demanding, perfectionistic, workaholic
 
Pachaka Pitta

Acid stomach
 
Ranjaka Pitta

Early graying, anger, toxins in blood