Kapha Imbalance Symptoms | How to Reduce Kapha

Kapha imbalance symptoms consist of feelings of lethargy, heaviness, stubborn or dull mind, low libido, allergies, and more. Learn how to reduce Kapha.

What is the Kapha Dosha?

Kapha rules stability and strength. It is also home to your lymphatic and respiratory systems. The Kapha dosha is fundamentally made of earth and water and carries heavy, cold, and moist qualities.

Kapha Dosha Symptoms and Signs

- Depression
- Lethargy/sluggishness
- Possessive / over attachment
- Over controlling
- Suppressed and slow digestion/weight gain
- AllergiesWhite coating on the tongue
- Fluid retention/swelling / swollen lymphs
- Stubbornness
- Low libido

Recommendations for Kapha-pacifying Diet

- Eat bitter, pungent and astringent foods.
- Beans are awesome and eat lots of veggies!
- Consume warm, heating spices like cayenne, ginger, and chili.
- Dry cooking is best - baking, broiling, grilling, sauteing.
- Reduce, if not, eliminate dairy from your diet. Dairy increase kapha and mucus in your body.
- Sip on warm ginger tea with meals to aid in digestion.
- Reduce consumption of fats, nuts, sweeteners, fried foods and processed foods.
- Reduce, if not, eliminate red meat from your diet.
- Limit consumption of gluten and wheat.
- Consume your largest meal at lunch.
- Consider a liquid diet of soups, broths fresh fruit and vegetable juices once a week.

Recommendations for Kapha-pacifying Lifestyle

- Move your body! Run, hike, swim, pole dance, zumba, crossfit, vinyasa yoga.
- Use a neti pot. Especially in the heart of spring when congestion and mucus are at its worst, the neti pot will help clear, cleanse and dry up excess mucus.
- Avoid over eating.
- Keep yourself warm by using a heated blanket or pad and lay it on your chest to help loosen mucus and congestion in the lungs.
- Keep your space organized. Having too many things is a heavy environmental quality that you can easily manage by learning to become unattached. This is one of kapha’s key life purpose, learning to become unattached to people and things.
- Solar pranayama. This breathing exercise warms the body and invigorates the mind.
- Find stimulation in the 5 senses. Focus on warming colors like yellow, orange and red. Use active essential oils for stimulation such as lemon, orange, clove, juniper and cinnamon. Listen to invigorating music - techno, jazz, salsa. Practice abhyanga (self-massage) dry or with a light amount of with sesame oil.

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[Caesar]

barley is very good for kapha its super light, gives energy, wakes you up and even burns fat. millet and corn have same properties. so you can replace wheat with this 3 grains.

[danncozey]

Great video, thanks! I always laugh hearing people list the bad kapha eating habits, I'm like "yeah that's me!"

[nickmeale]

I like the part about generating heat, I find this important too. One thing that generates heat is raw spanish onions in my salad. I think kaphas can get away with onions every so often even if they are shunned by the yogi community

[shreyaredkar]

Just came across this channel. Really helpful and soothing.

[LaneyEye]

one of the best and easiest explantations i've seen, straight to the point thanks alot :)

[gogoplu]

a constructive correction: the pronunciation is "Kafa" like cough and not "Khappa"

[akshaybinwade]

Is it possible that two doshas imbalance at same time, I experience sluggish digestion and a white layer on the tongue as well as symbols of vata like skinny body, dark colour of
So how to deal with these opposite natured doshas... Pls help....🙏🙏🙏

[Binary_Deviant]

I've never heard of this before. I find that I relate. I have been stressed over the last 3 +years because of kids that feel they are all knowing, disrespectful. Financially its been hard too, especially lately. I used to walk everywhere, but now I have been spoiled with a car. I currently have a Hiatal Hernia as well. So it is tough to get things in balance. It has taken years to get my bowels normal again. I feel I am close to normal there. It is my throat now and yes my tongue is white not just every morning, but almost all the time. I have found that scraping it helps a lot. Brushing it does too. I hope that more exercise will help and so will herbs, bitter foods, etc. Im so tired of feeling like I cannot breathe when the mucus in my mouth gets too much. I do smoke and I've been trying to cut back as well.

Any advice anyone can offer will be appreciated.

[velerina]

Idk about morning, never rlly checked mirror right after bed, but I wake up late and before bed sometimes when I wash my face I go to the mirror and yes I've like a white - off white coating

Next thing about the air like qualities of food you said to have. Also I have vata and kapha imbalance. Idk but I took a test online and they I scored very low on pitta, kapha and vata were almost equal. So isn't it that I should be having more pitta quality food, Idk.

My digestive system is not very good. I have loose stools, not too loose but almost everyday my stool isn't healthy. Also prone to constipation

[Ajay-evcu]

I have problem with excess mucus. Can you please help me get rid of this permanently?

[mahadevsuresh]

Hey, just wanted to know if a Vatta-Pitta person can have a Kapha I'm balance ?

[sheetalmaluja]

Your focus is usually on maintaining healthy weight and planet ayurveda’s herbal formulations can help you out with the problems related to metabolism.

[sharmilat]

I have ama in tongue most of the days.mostly i don't feel hungry... I don't overeat.. still gaining weight.. what to do..

[jaideepdass]

Q: How do I balance drava-bahula amlapitta?
Pitta as well all know comprises of water and fire. In this pitta imbalance we have an increase in the water element.

Pungent herbs are usually pitta aggravating. But since fire has the power to dry out the water, can they be useful?

[SheenaSerrao]

It is pronounced "Ka-fa". People may find it difficult to take advice from you, if you are not aware of that. Please correct the error in your video.