Sweeteners · Classically cited

Jaggery

Guda·गुड

Also called: gur, gud, palm sugar, unrefined cane sugar, rohrzucker

Warming and building — settles Vata in a way refined sugar does not.

How Jaggery 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 Jaggery 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

Heavy and heating: it adds to both Pitta and Kapha.

Season: Winter

Classically cited. Directly attested in the classical Ayurvedic corpus.