Starting a drought

To lower kapha, you need to dry it up. If you are displaying kapha symptoms including congestion or obesity then there are a few simple ways to start a drought:

• eat hot spicy food including chili, ginger and pepper (fire evaporates water)
• dry fry rice and dahl before adding water, this will stop them absorbing so much
• eat dry vegetables like potatoes, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and corn
• eat dry grains like polenta, millet, rye and barley
  
• dry brush your skin to cleanse and stimulate metabolism and blood flow
• eat dry crackers and toasted and popped rather than boiled grains

Kapha is the strongest of the doshas and can handle a lot of cleansing, so you can fast or at least eat less till symptoms subside.