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“Antidotes for incompatible food combinations”

If the negative effects of food items are known, they can be made wholesome by combining them with appropriate counteracting food items or antidotes as given below.
1. Cheese increases congestion and mucous. It aggravates pitta and kapha.To counteract this, you can add black pepper.
2. Eggs in cooked form increases pitta and in raw form increases kapha.Termeric and onions are the antidotes.
3. Ice cream increases mucous and causes congestion. If taking ice cream is inevitable, then top it with clove and cardamom.
4. Curd increases mucous and causes congestion. Cumin and ginger will take care of the ill-effects of curd.
5. Fish increases pitta . Coconut, lime and lemon are the remedial measures to counteract the bad effects of fish.
6. Meat is heavy to digest. Cloves or pepper powder makes the digestion easier.
7. Alcohol has both stimulating and depressing effects. Chewing a pinch of cumin seeds or 1-2 cardamom seeds may minimize these undesirable effects.
8. The bad effects of tea can be lessened with ginger. In the same way ill effects of coffee can be kept at bay with nut mug powder.
9. It is a known fact that sweets increases congestion .Addition of dry ginger powder to the sweet meals will decrease the congestion.
10. Tobacco aggravates pitta and stimulates vata . Brahmi, Calamus most are used as antidotes to tobacco.
11. Rice and wheat increase kapha and fat. Clove and ginger are used to enhance the beneficial effects of these cereals.
12.Legumes produce gas and distention .Garlic , cloves , black pepper , ginger ,rock salt, or chilly powder are the antidotes.
13. Cabbage produces gas due to its sulpher content .Cook in sunflower oil adding turmeric and mustard seeds.
14. Garlic increases pitta. Grated coconut and lemon counteract this effect.
15.Green salad produces gas. Cooking reduces the gas formation but at the same time its therapeutic BENEFITS MAY ALSO BE LOST, If you want to have salad in raw form, add a little quantity of lemon juice to it.
16. Onion also produces gas .To prevent this either you should take it in cooked form or you should add salt,lemon,curd and mustard seed powder to it.
17.Potato, due to its high carbohydrate content, produces gas. This can be reduced with ghee and pepper.
18. Tomato increases kapha. Lime and cumin are the antidotes to it.
19.The ill-effects like increase in kapha of banana can be counteracting with cardamom.
20. Mango produces diarrhea. Adding ghee with cardamom in the remedy.
21.Melon causes water retention Grated coconut with coriander is the solution to this.
22. Almost all those who consume nuts and peanuts, experience gas and burning sensation in the stomach. As a remedial measure, either you should soak them overnight or cook them with sesame oil, ginger, roasted cumin powder and pepper.

References from Astanga hridaya...