According to Ayurveda, there are three doshas Vata, Pitta and Kapha that is responsible for human health. Vata (wind), Pitta(bile),Kapha (phlegm) is three doshas or three constitutions of human body.
Vata is a combination of the two elements of the universe, namely, air and ether.
Pitta is an amalgam of fire and earth and Kapha is the combination of ether and water. Of these three vata or wind occupies a prominent position.Food which we take is moved into the stomach and blood circulated through all parts of the body by the power of the prana vayu air of life.
According to Ayurveda a disease is a lack of balance among the three somatic doshas .ie; Vata, Pitta, Kapha.
The proper function of vata or vayu(air) is to sustain the body and that is why it is the originator of every kind of action of the body. It has been called the tanra-mantra dhara, in other words, the maintainer of the human machinery, keeping it in shape.
Vata occupies the prominent place in the three doshas.It has been defined in five kinds: Prana,udana,vyana,samana and appana. Prana vayu is responsible for breathing and the swallowing of food and also for the functioning of the heart and the part of the body directly connected with it. Its normal function is to maintain the operation of the heart ,the mind , the sense , the intellect, the arteries, the viens and all the nerves.
Udana Vayu is responsible for the production of the various sounds and speech .the action and the efforts to keep up the strength of the body and especially for giving strength to the mind and memory.
Samana Vayu helps the flow of liquids in the body and the action of the digestive enzymes.It separates the essences vital for the nourishment of the body and sends the wastes to the large intestines
Apana vayu's function are to hold the faeces,urine menses,and semen up for a reasonable period and then to expel them through the various orifices of the body.
Vyana Vayu flows in the whole body and carries the food juice and blood throughout the body. It helps the secretion of perspiration and controls the opening and closing of the eye lids,and other several movements of the body.
Like Vayus .pitta are also of five kinds: pachak,ranjaka,sadhaka,alochaka and bhrajaka.
The first.is mainly responsible for the digestion of food.It divides the food juice into the fine and waste parts and then helps the other four types of pittas to function normally in the body.
The Ranjaka Pitta,gives colour to the food juice when it goes from the stomach to the liver.
Sadhaka Pitta has its place in the heart and is the finest all the pittas.It helps in the proper functioning of the intellect and memory.
Alochaka pitta is responsible for the maintenance of normal vision in the eyes.
Bhrajaka Pitta is situated in the skin of the body and it controls the normal colour of skin.
Kapha (phlegm) are also of five types.The first of these is kledaka,i s responsible for moistening the food in the stomach.It nourishes the other kaphas by its unique humid properties.
The second kapha Avalambaka,I s the thorax and protects the heart from excessive heat by its cooling influence and gives an auxiliary power to the heart.
Bodhaka Kapha moistens any substance when it comes in contact with the tongue and helps to know the taste of the substances ingested. It extends from the root of the tongue to the throat and plays an important part in increasing appetite.
Tarpaka the fourth kapha cools the organs of the senses of sight and hearing.
Shleshaka kapha is situated in the joints of the body and keeps them in proper order so that the various parts of the body remain firm and free to move.
According to Ayurveda the human body in health has a beautiful balance of the tri-doshas,the dhatus and the malas.
Vata is a combination of the two elements of the universe, namely, air and ether.
Pitta is an amalgam of fire and earth and Kapha is the combination of ether and water. Of these three vata or wind occupies a prominent position.Food which we take is moved into the stomach and blood circulated through all parts of the body by the power of the prana vayu air of life.
According to Ayurveda a disease is a lack of balance among the three somatic doshas .ie; Vata, Pitta, Kapha.
The proper function of vata or vayu(air) is to sustain the body and that is why it is the originator of every kind of action of the body. It has been called the tanra-mantra dhara, in other words, the maintainer of the human machinery, keeping it in shape.
Vata occupies the prominent place in the three doshas.It has been defined in five kinds: Prana,udana,vyana,samana and appana. Prana vayu is responsible for breathing and the swallowing of food and also for the functioning of the heart and the part of the body directly connected with it. Its normal function is to maintain the operation of the heart ,the mind , the sense , the intellect, the arteries, the viens and all the nerves.
Udana Vayu is responsible for the production of the various sounds and speech .the action and the efforts to keep up the strength of the body and especially for giving strength to the mind and memory.
Samana Vayu helps the flow of liquids in the body and the action of the digestive enzymes.It separates the essences vital for the nourishment of the body and sends the wastes to the large intestines
Apana vayu's function are to hold the faeces,urine menses,and semen up for a reasonable period and then to expel them through the various orifices of the body.
Vyana Vayu flows in the whole body and carries the food juice and blood throughout the body. It helps the secretion of perspiration and controls the opening and closing of the eye lids,and other several movements of the body.
Like Vayus .pitta are also of five kinds: pachak,ranjaka,sadhaka,alochaka and bhrajaka.
The first.is mainly responsible for the digestion of food.It divides the food juice into the fine and waste parts and then helps the other four types of pittas to function normally in the body.
The Ranjaka Pitta,gives colour to the food juice when it goes from the stomach to the liver.
Sadhaka Pitta has its place in the heart and is the finest all the pittas.It helps in the proper functioning of the intellect and memory.
Alochaka pitta is responsible for the maintenance of normal vision in the eyes.
Bhrajaka Pitta is situated in the skin of the body and it controls the normal colour of skin.
Kapha (phlegm) are also of five types.The first of these is kledaka,i s responsible for moistening the food in the stomach.It nourishes the other kaphas by its unique humid properties.
The second kapha Avalambaka,I s the thorax and protects the heart from excessive heat by its cooling influence and gives an auxiliary power to the heart.
Bodhaka Kapha moistens any substance when it comes in contact with the tongue and helps to know the taste of the substances ingested. It extends from the root of the tongue to the throat and plays an important part in increasing appetite.
Tarpaka the fourth kapha cools the organs of the senses of sight and hearing.
Shleshaka kapha is situated in the joints of the body and keeps them in proper order so that the various parts of the body remain firm and free to move.
According to Ayurveda the human body in health has a beautiful balance of the tri-doshas,the dhatus and the malas.
