Hot

Link to Tridosha¹:

• Increases Pitta
• Decreases Vata and Kapha

Properties:

• Increases agni
• Promotes heat and digestion
• Is cleansing
• Causes expansion and inflammation
• Creates anger and hatred

Examples: Asafoetida

Mustard seeds - appear to be cold but are actually hot.

Manifestation in Pitta-dominant individuals:

• Causes intolerance towards heat and hot things
• Red and hot face, warm and flushed skin
• Tender and clean body
• Freskles, spots, moles, warts, blemishes
• Quick advent of wrinkles
• Pre-mature greying of hair and baldness
• Soft-brown facial and body hair
• Overactive metabolism
• Excessive hunger and thirst

Hot Foods should be given to anyone suffering from²:

• Kapha aggravation
• Vata aggravation
• In the process of Purgation
• In the process of Snehapana
• Whose bodies are full of moisture

Sources:

Primary Source: Acharya Balkrishna's A Practical Approach To The Science of Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthy Living.

1. Ayurveda - The Science of Self-Healing - Dr Vasant D Lad - Pg 50
2. Sushruta Samhita - Pg 402