Is Lettuce good for Vata?

Can raise Vata — go easy when Vata runs high. Light, cooling and watery — good for summer Pitta.

Is Lettuce good for Pitta?

Calms Pitta — favour it when Pitta runs high. Light, cooling and watery — good for summer Pitta.

Calms Kapha — favour it when Kapha runs high. Light, cooling and watery — good for summer Pitta.

Lettuce has a sweet, bitter taste and a Cooling (śīta) potency (vīrya), with light, dry qualities.

Vegetables · Property-derived

Also called: salat, salad leaves, kopfsalat

Light, cooling and watery — good for summer Pitta.

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 Lettuce on each dosha
Dosha	Suitability	Notes
Vata	Use sparingly	Can raise Vata — go easy when Vata runs high.
Pitta	Balancing	Calms Pitta — favour it when Pitta runs high.
Kapha	Balancing	Calms Kapha — favour it when Kapha runs high.

Taste: Sweet, Bitter · Potency: Cooling (śīta) · Post-digestive: Pungent · Qualities: Light, Dry

Raw, light and drying, so it can unsettle Vata and is poor food in cold weather.

Classical pairings that make Lettuce easier to digest or more balancing for the doshas.

Property-derived. Not directly cited classically — classified from its taste, potency and qualities. Weigh it accordingly.