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As per Ayurveda, if you have heat in body, it can come out in form of swellings or baldness. If you have cough and cold, taking cold food will worsen your situation. And taking hot food helps in recovery.
Imbalanced food can either lead to baldness or cough & cold. Instead of baldness the lucky ones may suffer from heat release in form of perspiration from legs, painful red swellings coming out from anywhere, piles, ulcer type structures in the inner side of lips etc.
Drinking more water is the best remedy to avoid baldness. Those coming from village to live in cities forget this point in hasty life. Due to less water intake many of them become victim to piles etc. and many start getting baldness. So water is the best medicine. Take more water. Take less tension.
चिकू - थंड
संत्री - उष्ण
It leads to Pitta. It can kill hunger because of its orange colour. Those having Pitta should avoid orange coloured food, Orange colored fanta and drinks. It increase Pitta and leads to headache & other digestive disorders. Excessive intake not advisable for those wanting to avoid baldness.
A person who takes one or half lemon everyday in his meal seldom falls a victim to stomach disorders. He never gets stomachce no matter what type of food he eats. However lemon or sour things are supporters of pain. A body in pain should avoid lemons. Lemon is friend of pain. Those old people suffering from hand & leg pain should avoid lemon intake.
Spirituallly a combination of lemon & chilli can propagate auspicious waves hence anger, irritation & consequent fights can be checked. This is the reason in India the combination of lemon & chilli is putted on doors of shops & houses. Lemon and sour things are said to be favourite to ghosts.
In villages many people advise not to take fried or sour things with them at night. As pe their experience such people fall victims as hosts to wandering ghosts. Pyschologically this is termed as Hysteria in patient. But this state is attained due to some terrifying event faced by the patient. Obviously taking such sour or fried foods and walking alone through abandoned areas is believed to be the invitation to such terrifying events.
If scorpion bites you, in village they give to eat onion. It is cooling agent. When you eat hot and spicy food, onion is given not only for taste but to balance the heat-cold equation so that you won't get acidity or excessive heat may not lead to skin disease or some other stomach or other disorder.
The Jains think that Onion should be abandoned as it is the root cause of lusty thoughts in mind. In hotels, Jain Bhajipau is available which does not contain onion! They take sliced cabbage instead!
बटाटा - उष्ण
If you have cold & cough and if you eat wafers of potato then it will help you. However if you eat wafers of banana, it won't help you. On the contrary it can lessen your body heat and make you more ill. However if you are taking medicines that the heat from medicines may reduce the effect of cold foods. But if you properly take hot food, you may get rid of minor cold without medicines. For major cold, you may definitely require medicines.
There are four types of Jvar or illness mentioned in Srimad Bhagvat. And modern science is still pondering what the hell happens in the body when Paracetamol tablet is taken. And how does Paracetamol cure fever?!! They have touched the moon but still they dont know how the pill works. So better to refer Ayruvedic suggestions if modern science and medicines fail.
पालक - थंड
Spinach is cold food.
It is the best medicine for Motibindu or eye cataract. Some say it may even reverse a cataract. Cataract happens because body stops making protein on the layer in front of eye. So the transparent layer becomes translucent. Hence through surgery you have to remove that layer & place lens in place. Somehow if your body starts making protein the transparent layer in front of eye will remain transparent and eye cataract surgery won't required. However perfect food or medicine that makes our body capable to make this protein is yet not discovered. Some day we might.
Among green vegetables, Palak or Spinach stands at number one as medicine for lots of diseases including High BP, Diabetes etc.
टॉमेटो - उष्ण
Tomato is a Hot food.
It is believed that eating tomato can help digestion. But in few cases eating tomato gives surprise beats in heart so few people avoid tomato.
कारले - उष्ण
Bitter Gourd is a hot food.
It is believed to have medicinal properties. However few people avoid eating this because eating a neem leaf or bitter gourd gives a bitter taste in mouth which may lead to vomitting and later fever in few people. So few people avoid it.
कोबी - थंड
Cabbage is a cold food.
Might be the reason Jains take cabbage slice instead of onion it their food.
गाजर - थंड
Carrot is a cold food.
मिरची - उष्ण
Chilli is a hot food.
मका - उष्ण
Maize is a hot food.
However as per few theories Maize is a cold food as compared to bajri & wheat. Eating popcorn helps digestion is also a belief. Those suffering from baldness may take maize instead of wheat & bajri in their diet.
मेथी - उष्ण
Fenugreek - Hot food
Amongst green foods & vegetables, Fenugreek stands at No. 2 after Spinach in its herbal & curing remedies. Eating vegetables of Fenugreek & Spinach are very beneficial for eyes as they are vitamin rich.
वांगे - उष्ण
Brinjal is a hot food.
It is believed that brinjal leads to gas in stomach. Hence during marriage as a humour, their is a tradition of making the husband eat brinjals at day of marriage, in few places.
Those people suffering from gas may also avoid hot foods & eat cold foods if they want to avoid gas problem. However excessive cold food may again create cold. So balanced diet and limit to all sorts of excess is believed to be the key towards a happy life.
भेंडी - उष्ण
Ladies finger is a hot food.
बीट - थंड
Beetroot is Cold food.
It is red in colour and is believed to increase blood & blood nutrients. Also believed to be a cleanser of blood and thereby avoids lots of diseases.
बडीशेप - थंड
Fennel seed is Cold food
वेलची - थंड
Cardamom is cold food.
Clove is hot food. Combination of clove & cardamom was the favourite food of Lord Hanuman. He is still given the combination of clove, cardamom,oil, chilli & salt as offering.
पपई - उष्ण
Papaya is a hot food.
If someone is suffering from paralysis , few doctors advise them to eat papaya. For paralytic patients, heat is a bliss. They feel cold in half of the body. Hence eating hot foods may cure them. But family doctor's advise is beneficial to take as cases of paralysis are too complicated. Some have diabetes+paralysis, some have paralysis due to internal bleeding or hemorrhage etc. So better a doctor's final decision for those who have surpassed ICU.
अननस - उष्ण
Pineapple is a hot food
डाळींब - थंड
Pomegranate is a cold food.
Best option for all sorts of incurable stomach disorders. Even in some cases sciatica nerve leads to nerve problem in half of the body after a particular age. At that time eating pomegranate helps a lot.
Sugarcane is a hot food.
मीठ - थंड
Salt is believed to be a cold food.
However those having high BP are advised by doctors to avoid salt as far as possible. Salt leads to high BP.
मूग डाळ - थंड
Mung Bean is a cold food.
There is a Gujarat saying Mag Chalave Pag. Means eating this food gives you the power to walk more. That means it makes you strong.
चणा डाळ - उष्ण
Gram Bean is a hot food.
It is said to be a rich food for workers and labours during hard work. Those doing soft collar job may get acidity on eating this. But those who have more bodiy movements for them, gram bean is a bliss.
गुळ - उष्ण
Jaggery is a hot food.
Likeness towards Jaggery & eating more of jaggery & jaggery food may lead to baldness in few people if their diet is imbalanced with only hot foods.
तिळ - उष्ण
Sesame is a hot food.
It is believed that Sesame has the ablities to create melanin and avoid hairs becoming white. However medical science does not support this belief. But few Ayurvedic knowledgeable person do.
शेंगदाणे / बदाम / काजू / अक्रोड / खजूर - उष्ण
Groundnut/Badam/Kaju/Walnut/Cashew/Date Palm - Hot food
हळद - उष्ण
Turmeric - Hot food
Turmeric is also a cleanser. Few Ayurvedic people believe it can be the best remedy for cancer if cancer has not ripen & yet taken out its head in our body.
कॉफी - थंड
Coffee is cold food.
As per 12th standard Biology book of Gujarat Board, Coffee is the best medicine for High BP. However as per new discoveries this theory is in dispute.
Coffee does help in digestion. Those who have too much acidity may replace their tea intake with coffee intake & see if it helps their digestion.
दूध / दही / तूप / ताक / तांदूळ - थंड
Milk/Curd/Ghee/Butter milk/Rice - Cold food
Those having cough & cold should avoid this. Especially Curd & butter milk which are sour.
Some people believe hot milk may help instead of harming.
Hot milk with turmeric cures lots of illnesses & coughs & cold & throat pains due to cold.