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VATA/PITTA
Your constitution is predominantly air and fire. When balanced, you are energetic, adaptable, goal-oriented, express leadership qualities and are cheerful. If imbalanced you may have dry skin, gas, infections, and constipation. You may also be hot tempered or impatient.
Diet
To bring Vata/Pitta into balance you need to:
• Consume more cooked, moist, and heavier foods.
• Eat herbs to help digest the more grounding foods.
• Avoid onions, garlic, and red peppers, fermented or fried foods, and salt.
• Eat smaller meals, but no more than 3 to 4 hours apart.
• Avoid eating potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and chilies as they may cause allergic reactions to both you and your breastfed baby.
• Don’t combine milk with yeasted grains.
• Don’t combine fruit with other foods.
Massage
Apply oils to heart area, forehead, feet, lower back and belly, neck, and shoulders. Sesame or Sunflower oils are good for the body.
Aromatherapy
Best thing is to use essential oils from white flowers like Sandalwood, rose, gardenia, jasmine. Warming aromas like basil, frankincense, cedar, and myrrh are also advisable. Aromas can be used as oil, incense, soap, candles, etc., to calm and refresh the mind.
Color Therapy
Most colors are uplifting, particularly white, lighter, and pastel shades. Light shades of green, pink, and blue are also very good colors for balance. Dark grays, browns, and black are better avoided.
Gem Therapy
White stones, such as pearl and moonstone set in silver, are recommended for both air and fire.
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