To lower kapha, you need to dry it up. If you are displaying kapha symptoms including congestion or obesity then there are a few simple ways to start a drought:
eat hot spicy food including chili, ginger and pepper (fire evaporates water)
dry fry rice and dahl before adding water, this will stop them absorbing so much
eat dry vegetables like potatoes, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and corn
eat dry grains like polenta, millet, rye and barley
dry brush your skin to cleanse and stimulate metabolism and blood flow
eat dry crackers and toasted and popped rather than boiled grains
Kapha is the strongest of the doshas and can handle a lot of cleansing, so you can fast or at least eat less till symptoms subside.
- eat hot spicy food including chili, ginger and pepper (fire evaporates water)
- dry fry rice and dahl before adding water, this will stop them absorbing so much
- eat dry vegetables like potatoes, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and corn
- eat dry grains like polenta, millet, rye and barley
- dry brush your skin to cleanse and stimulate metabolism and blood flow
- eat dry crackers and toasted and popped rather than boiled grains
Kapha is the strongest of the doshas and can handle a lot of cleansing, so you can fast or at least eat less till symptoms subside.