| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Barley, red variety of shali rice, | |
| Pulses | Kulathi | Black gram (udada) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Drum stick ((shigru), paravala, bitter gourd (karavellaka) | |
| Others | Dry ginger (shunthi), ginger, ajavayana, fennel, black pepper, rock salt, hi’gu, garlic, cumin, butter milk, Luke warm water, caster oil | Curd, fish, jaggery, milk, incompatible food, excessively heavy food (garishtha bhojana) |
| Life style | Sudation, lightening, walking, light exercise, woolen cloths | Suppression of natural urges, night awakening, Tension (cinta), Sadness (shoka), Cloudy weather (megha achchhadita akasha), Eastern wind (purvi vayu) |