| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Wheat, barley | Newly harvested cereals (navanna) |
| Pulses | Green gram (mudga), masura | Black gram (udada) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Khadira, amalaki, patola, bitter gourd (karavellaka), garlic, pomegranate, phalasa | Radish, lisora, makoya |
| Others | Honey, light food, bitter dietary substances, old clarified butter, nimba, haridra | Incompatible food (viruddha ahara), curd, sesame, salt, food with heavy, unctuous cold and acidic properties, food causing burning sensation and obstructing the channels (vidahi, abhishyandi padartha), milk, jaggery |
| Life style | Mild exercise (alpa vyayama), bathing, massage with marichyadi taila, arka taila, mustard oil | Day sleeping, suppression of natural urges, excessive physical exercise |