Beverages · Property-derived

Wine

Also called: red wine, white wine, wein

In small amounts a little dry wine is mildly warming and can lighten Kapha.

How Wine 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 Wine on each dosha
DoshaSuitabilityNotes
Vata Use sparingly Can raise Vata — go easy when Vata runs high.
Pitta Use sparingly Can raise Pitta — go easy when Pitta runs high.
Kapha Balancing Calms Kapha — favour it when Kapha runs high.

Taste: Sour, Astringent  ·  Potency: Heating (uṣṇa)  ·  Post-digestive: Sour  ·  Qualities: Light, Sharp

When to go easy

Sour, sharp and heating — it aggravates Pitta and the alcohol dries and unsettles Vata.

Cautions

  • Alcohol

Contains alcohol; excluded for halal and flagged generally.

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

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