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Elements

Fire (Agni) & Water (Jal)

Qualities

Hot | Sharp | Light | Smooth | Slightly Oily

Location in the Body

Small intestine, liver, heart and blood

Time & Season

10:00-14:00, 22:00-2:00

Summer

Appearance

body shape

Pitta bodies have a medium frame, a naturally athletic physique, with a good ability to gain muscle definition. They tend to gain weight evenly or gain it on their bottom half. From a Western standpoint, Pitta resembles the shape of a ‘Mesomorph’.

face

Pitta faces tend to be oval in shape and have relatively proportionate features. Their mouths are medium in size, with soft and reddish lips. Their teeth are even, straight, and moderate-sized. Their gums are sensitive and prone to bleeding. The eyes of a Pitta person are medium, often light in color, and have a sharp and penetrating gaze. Their eyes are prone to infections, redness and are sensitive to light.

hair, skin & nails

The hair of a Pitta person is usually oily, curly, and relatively strong. It is more prone to early greying or balding. Their skin is similarly oily, warm, soft, and smooth. However, It is sensitive to humidity, sunburn, and heat, prone to acne, rashes, redness, rosacea, psoriasis, moles, and freckles. Pittas are more susceptible to wrinkling with age, they tend to sweat a lot and have a sharp body odor. Their nails are strong, smooth, and pinkish in color.

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Attributes

speech

Pitta people’s speech is sharp, articulate, and convincing. They are moderately talkative and tend to express their opinions when they’re asked, to show how much they know. They speak in a clear voice and a medium pitch. They talk with confidence, enthusiasm and don’t mind expressing themselves. They are often comfortable speaking in front of a crowd or on behalf of others.

activity

Pittas are productive – they are proactive, focused, and their activity level is based on that. They don’t do too much or too little, in order to preserve their energy. Their walking speed is moderate, similar to their energy output. They tend to work hard to achieve something and rest when they do. They are planners, logical, clean, tidy, efficient, and like to get things done.

mind

A Pitta mind is very sharp. Such people are intelligent, ambitious, confident, passionate, organized, decisive, goal-oriented, courageous, fearless, precise, logical, perfectionist, and have high self-esteem. They are strong leaders, high achievers, managers, entrepreneurs, and natural speakers. They are driven by goals, are good with numbers, problem solvers, adventurous, like to be challenged, and great motivators.

memory, sleep & dreams

Pitta people have a good memory, are very sharp, and pay attention to details. Their sleep is moderate, short, and restorative. They tend to overheat and prone to night sweating. Their dreams are vivid and often involve scenes based on real-life, problem solving, adventures, and may experience nightmares.

digestion & appetite

A Pitta person’s appetite is strong and their metabolism is high, hence why they feel hungry all the time. They become irritable when they’re hungry or when they skip a meal. Their digestion is robust, digests food fairly quickly, and secretes a sufficient amount of digestive enzymes, causing them to feel hungry soon after eating. Pittas experience extreme thirst and require a large amount of water to feel hydrated.

emotions

Pitta types are fiery and passionate. Their feelings are strong and they tend to express emotions in an intense manner. They have a tendency to react to others in an extreme way, without censoring and their communication is sharp. Pittas are proactive and practical in their relationships and life in general.

Imbalanced State

body out of balance

Pitta types experience a host of symptoms when they are out of balance. Their skin can become irritated, prone to acne, hives, rosacea, rashes, psoriasis, puss, and bleeding. Digestion-wise, they can develop ulcers, acid reflux, heartburn, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), and diarrhea. Burning sensation, heavy menstrual cycle, bleeding, inflammation in the muscles, shoulders, and thoracic spine (mid-back).

mind out of balance

Pitta types, with their fiery nature, are susceptible to experiencing a host of mental and emotional symptoms when they fall out of balance. Stress, anger, jealousy, snappiness, irritability, and rage are some. Their desire to control everything drives them to become OCD, controlling, egoistic, judgemental, abusive, offensive, defensive, sarcastic, competitive, critical, and violent. Imbalanced Pitta females suffer from extreme physical and emotional PMS.