Elements: Water
Balanced by 'Dry', 'Astringent', 'Bitter'.
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Liquid guna causes increased secretions in the tissues. In general, sour and salty foods cause increased secretions. Sweet and oily foods too. Examples are limes, yoghurt, and ghee mixed with sugar.

In a second sense, liquid guna can also refer to the amount of liquid or dryness in food. But on the Joyful Belly website we use the first definition of liquid only. Otherwise, raw basmati rice would show up as Vata provoking because it is drying.

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Dairy
Blue Cheese				Buffalo Milk
Butter (salted)				Butter (unsalted)
Cheddar Cheese				Condensed Milk
Cottage Cheese				Cream Cheese
Feta Cheese				Goat Cheese
Goat Milk				Heavy Cream
Homemade Yogurt				Milk
Mozarella Cheese				Parmesan Cheese
Romano Cheese				Sour Cream
Yogurt
Ferments
Alcohol				Kefir
Miso				Olives
Pickle (Cucumber)				Red Wine (Merlot type)
Sauerkraut
Fruits
Banana				Grapefruit
Honey Dew				Lemon
Lime				Orange
Meats
Chicken Fat (rendered)				Chicken Livers
Red Meat Fat (rendered)
Nuts-Seeds
Coconut Water
Oils
Cacao Butter				Coconut Oil
Ghee				Sunflower Oil
Other
Water
Roots
Carrot				Sweet Potato
Yam
Spices
Pomegranate Molasses				Salt (Mineral Salt)
Sweeteners
Brown Rice Syrup				Brown Sugar
Date Sugar				Fructose
Maple Syrup				Raw Sugar
White Sugar
Vegetables
Avocado				Bottle Gourd
Cucumber				Zucchini

Liquid herbs and food may have been traditionally recommended for these symptoms.

Strong/frequently thirsty

Presence of these symptoms may be a sign 'Liquid' is aggravated in your body.

Blood and Metabolism
Avoids humidity				Cysts
Edema				Feet or Ankles Swelling
Flushes Easily				Sweat often
Tingling/Numbness				Varicose Veins
Water Retention
Emotions
Depressed
Poop
Green stool				Stool in mushy pieces mixed with liquid
Stool thick mud				Voiding large quantity of stool
Reproductive Health
Abdominal swelling during menses
Respiratory Health
Lung Inflammation				Pneumonia
Skin
Sensitive to Poison Ivy
Urinary Tract
Kidney Stones