Hard Cheese

Hard cheeses, while delicious, are very hard to digest. Too salty and heating for Pitta, to oily and heavy for Kapha, their inherent heaviness makes them a digestive challenge also for the Vata digestive tract. That said, hard cheese could be very nourishing and strengthening, balancing dry and cold conditions and emaciation, on condition that digestion is accustomed to cheese.  

Properties 

Taste: , sour, salty

Natural Attributes: heavy, oily, sticky, liquid

Tissue impact (Vipak): nourishing plasma, fat, reproductive

Thermal impact (Virya): heating

Dosha impact: Increases Kapha and Pitta, reduces Vata

Digestive impact (Agni): hard to digest

Channels (Srotas):  blocks

Feces:

Urine: 

Strength (Bala): improves strength

Mind (Manas): Tamasic

Effect: Acidifying

Chinese five element impact: 

Chinese medicine syndromes:

Medicinal properties 

• Nourishment (rasa): weight gain

Harmful: skin disease