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Natural Health News Articles
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| Posted: 7th August 2004 |
| Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine |
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Ayurvedic herbal medicine is the ancient traditional medicine of India. It is often translated as the "science of life”It is a most complicated form of medicine, requiring more than a few notes to explainHowever, below are some basic notes to help you understand.
Ayurvedic medicine classifies individuals and their symptoms into three groupings (systems), the tridoshas, kapha, pitta and vata, and then present foods, herbs, physical therapies that are classified primarily by their effects on these three doshasTo sum up tridosha in a few words –
The three doshas are forces that can be demonstrated in the body by physical and non-physical characterVata is in charge of all motion in the body and mind. Pitta is in charge of all transformation in the organism, digestion of food by the gut, of light by the eyes, and of sensory data by the brain. Kapha is the stabilizing influence in the living being, it lubricates, maintains and contains, and its various activities, like those of vata and pitta, are interrelated.
In the Ayurvedic system weakness of the digestive system is the root cause of all diseases, vata is the chief cause of the development of all diseases, and ama is the principal nourisher of diseaseThe primary stages of disease are accumulation, aggravation, and overflow -
Accumulation: As a result of exposure to causative factors, one or more of the doshas accumulates in its seat: kapha in the stomach, pitta in the small intestine, and vata in the colon. Each produces its own characteristic symptoms: kapha creates lethargy, heaviness of the limbs, pallor, bloating, and loss of appetite with weakened digestion; pitta produces burning sensations, increased body heat, a bitter taste in the mouth, yellowness of the skin, acidity of the stomach, and increased anger; vata causes weakness and dryness of the body, desire for warmth and hot articles, stiffness and fullness of the abdomen, flatulence and/or constipation, disturbed sleep, and increased fear. |
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