Animal foods · Classically cited

Fish (freshwater)

Matsya·मत्स्य

Also called: machli, fisch, rohu, freshwater fish

Sweet, warming and building — Charaka regards Matsya as strengthening and grounding for Vata.

How Fish (freshwater) affects your doshas

In Ayurveda a food's effect depends on your constitution. This is the lens the app uses to suggest what to favour and ease off.

Effect of Fish (freshwater) on each dosha
Dosha	Suitability	Notes
Vata	Balancing	Calms Vata — favour it when Vata runs high.
Pitta	Use sparingly	Can raise Pitta — go easy when Pitta runs high.
Kapha	Use sparingly	Can raise Kapha — go easy when Kapha runs high.

Taste: Sweet · Potency: Heating (uṣṇa) · Post-digestive: Sweet · Qualities: Heavy, Oily

Heating and heavy, so it adds to Pitta and Kapha; classically cautioned combined with milk.

Classically cited. Directly attested in the classical Ayurvedic corpus.