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Cucumber in Ayurveda
Cooling, watery and light — a summer food that pacifies Pitta and unsettles Vāta.
- VīryaCooling
Effect on each dosha
Vāta
Increases
Light, dry, cold and mobile — pacified by warm, moist, grounding food.
Pitta
Pacifies
Hot, sharp and oily — pacified by cooling, sweet and bitter food.
Kapha
Not recorded
Heavy, slow, cold and moist — pacified by light, warm, well-spiced food.