Pitta Dosha

Pitta energetic are the elements of fire and water. Pitta is predominantly responsible for digestion, absorption, and assimilation. Pitta is a digestive fire of the body. Its importance is to digest (transform) your food into nutrients that the body can absorb.

Its primary qualities are hot, sharp, light, oily, liquid, and spreading.

The physical characteristics of pitta are medium height and frame. They have a slender frame and may be delicate with fine hair. Strong appetite and digestion with warm extremities and perspires easily.

Pitta people psychologically in balance have a keen, sharp minds. They are natural leaders by default. Pittas like information and love to learn. Students by nature, they like to master subjects and become an authority. They can assess a situation quickly. Pittas like to delegate and trust others easily. Competitive and ambitious by nature. Think type A personality. Out of balance (also called imbalanced), they get angry easily. When hungry, they get very agitated and need to eat. They’re edgy and can be snarky and dismissive in their speaking. Pittas have a very high standard in performance and can be highly judgemental of themselves and others. They can be very impatient and critical. Pittas tend to make money and hold onto it with effort.