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Better Health through Digestion with an Ayurvedic Diet |

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.
| Strong/frequently thirsty |
| 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 | |||||||
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