Ayurveda - Classification of Food, Fruits, Taste, Heating or Cooling, Post Digestive Effect, Properties and Action on Tridosha, Alternative Medicine, Complementary Medicine, Natural Medicine

Substance	Taste	Heating or Cooling	Post Digestive Effect	Properties and Action on Tridosha
Fruits
Apple	Sweet & Astringent	Cooling	Sweet	Light, Rough. Increases Vata, Decreases Pitta, OK for Kapha in small quantities.
Banana	Sweet & Astringent	Cooling	Sour	Smooth, Heavy. Laxative if taken in excess quantity. Increases Pitta & Kapha, Decreases Vata.
Coconut	Sweet	Cooling	Sweet	Oily, Smooth, Strengthening. Increases Kapha if taken in excess, Relieves Vata & Pitta.
Date (ripe)	Sweet	Cooling	Sweet	Oily. Decreases Pitta. Dates. almonds, and honey with milk that has been boiled and cooled to a warm temperature is strengthening and rejuvenating.
Figs (ripe)	Sweet & Astringent	Cooling	Sweet	Heavy Nourishing. Delays Digestion. Increases Kapha, Relieves Vata & Pitta.
Grapes (purple)	Sweet, Sour & Astringent	Cooling	Sweet	Smooth, Watery, Strengthening, Laxative. Increases Kapha, Decreases Vata & Pitta.
Melons (general)	Sweet	Cooling	Sweet	Heavy, Watery, Increases Kapha, Relieves Vata & Pitta. Watermelon Increases Vata.
Orange	Sweet & Sour	Heating	Sweet	Heavy, Promotes Appetite, Difficult to Digest. Increases Pitta & Kapha, Decreases Vata.
Peaches	Sweet & Astringent	Heating	Sweet	Heavy, Watery. Increases Pitta & Kapha, Decreases Vata.
Pears	Sweet & Astringent	Cooling	Sweet	Heavy Dry Rough. Increases Vata, Reduces Pitta & Kapha.
Plums (sweet)	Sweet & Astringent	Heating	Sweet	Heavy, Watery. Increases Pitta & Kapha, Decreases Vata.
Pomegranate	Sweet, Sour & Astringent	Cooling	Sweet	Smooth, Oily, Stimulates digestion. Helps to form red blood cells in anemia. Increases Vata, Decreases Pitta & Kapha.