| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Old shali rice, gruel (yavagu), barley, porridge (daliya) | |
| Pulses | Green gram (mudga), masura | chickpea (cana) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Tanduliyaka, patola, bitter gourd (karavellaka), shigru, guduci, jivanti, grapes, kapittha, pomegranate | |
| Others | Light food | Sesame, fast/junk food, Heavy, distending diets and food causing burning sensation and acidity with poor digestion, contaminated water |
| Life style | Lightning (langhana), therapeutic emesis (vamana), therapeutic purgation (virecana), therapeutic enema (vasti), snuffing, massage, rest | Suppression of natural urges, physical exercise, day sleeping, bathing, eating before digestion previous food |