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Know
thyself
Dosha
sub type & their features
Each
of the three doshas can be sub-classified variously and their respective
features are as indicated below :
Vata
(Vayu)
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Doshas
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Site
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Normal function
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Ailments caused
by its vitiation
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Prana
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Heart
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Breathing and swallowing
of food.
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Hiccups, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Cold, Hoarseness of voice
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Udana
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Throat
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Speech and voice
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Various diseases
of eye, ear, nose and throat.
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Samana
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Stomach & small
intestines
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Helps action of
digestive enzymes, assimilation of end products of food
and separation into their various tissue elements.
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Indigestion, Diarrhea,
Defective assimilation.
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Apana
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Colon & organs
of pelvis
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Elimination of stool,
urine, semen, foetal and menstrual blood.
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Diseases of bladder,
anus & testicles, Obstinate urinary diseases, Diabetes
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Vyana
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Heart
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Helps in the functioning
of circulating channels as blood vessels.
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Impairment of circulation,
Diseases as fever
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Pitta
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Doshas
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Site
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Normal
function
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Ailments
caused by its vitiation
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Pachaka
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Stomach & small
intestines
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Digestion
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Indigestion, Anorexia
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Ranjaka
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Liver, spleen and
stomach
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Blood Function
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Anemia, Jaundice
Hepatitis
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Sadhaka
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Heart
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Memory and other
mental functions.
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Psychic disturbances,
Cardiac diseases
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Alochaka
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Eyes
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Vision
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Impairment of vision
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Bhrajaka
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Skin
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Colour and glaze
of the skin
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Leucoderma, Other
skin diseases.
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Kapha
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Doshas
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Site
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Normal function
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Ailments caused
by its vitiation
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Kledaka
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Stomach
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Moistens food, which
helps in digestion.
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Impairment of digestion
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Avalambaka
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Heart
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Energy in limbs
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Laziness
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Bodhaka
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Tongue
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Perception of taste.
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Impairment of digestion
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Tarpaka
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Brain
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Nourishment of the
sense organs
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Loss of memory,
Impairment of function of sense organs
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Shlesshaka
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Joints
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Lubrication of joints
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Pain in joints,
Impairment of function of joints.
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