| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Rice, wheat | Special variety of rice (kodrava, sanvaka) |
| Pulses | Kulattha, black gram (udada) | Peas (matara), pigeon pea (arahara), chickpea (chana), green gram (mudga) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Garlic, pomegranate, mango, brinjal, paravala, shigru, phalasa, lemon, jujube plum (badara, bera), grapes | Cauliflower, lady finger, bitter gourd (karavellaka), date, leafy vegetables (patrashaka), udumbara, lotus stem |
| Others | Clarified butter, oil, gokshura, milk, coconut water, sour vinegar (kanji), cow’s urine, tamarind (imali), meat juice | Jambu, betel nut |
| Life style | Dry sudation (ruksha svedana), snuffing, exercise, water exercises (jalakrida), gentle pressing (samvahana), sleeping on the ground, bathing, saturation (santarpana), sunlight exposure | Day sleeping, sleeping in improper posture (vishama shayana), upward looking with backward bending of neck (urdhva drishti), night awakening, suppression of natural urges, physical exercise, fasting, excessive walking (atyadhika cankramana) |