What are the Tridoshas?
Ayurveda's concept of the Tridoshas is unique to medical science.
Ayurveda says the body is made up of tissues (dhatus), waste products
(malas), and doshas (loosely translated to Energetic Forces).
It is the Tridoshas' job to assist with the creation of all of
the various tissues of the body and to remove any unnecessary
waste products from the body. It is also the Tridoshas that influence
all movements, all transformations, all sensory functions, and
many of the other activities in the human body and mind.
Pitta dosha
The Pitta dosha is associated with fire or heat. Wherever there
is transformation, there is Pitta (doing its job). Whether it
is in the GI tract, liver, skin, eyes or brain doesn't matter,
for these are all locations where Pitta works.
Pitta provides the following functions:
Metabolism - at all the various levels
from digestion of food to transformation of all other material
Thermogenesis - maintains the proper body temperature Vision -
converts external images into optic nerve impulses
Appetite - the feeling of hunger and thirst
Comprehension - of information into knowledge, also reasoning
and judgment
Courage & Braveness - to face the situation
Complexion - gives color and softness to skin.
Kapha dosha
Kapha is the heaviest of the three doshas. It provides the structures
and the lubrication that the body needs. These qualities help
to counterbalance Vata's movement and Pitta's metabolism. A
big, heavyset football play or wrestler is a person with a predominance
of Kapha.
Kapha provides the following functions:
Strength - to perform physical tasks
Moistness & Lubrication - to prevent excessive friction
from occurring between the various parts of the body
Stability - to add the necessary grounding aspect to both mind
and body
Mass & Structure - to provide fullness to bodily tissues
Fertility & Virility - to produce healthy offspring.
Vata dosha
The Vata dosha is the most important of the three doshas. This
is for two reasons. First, if Vata becomes imbalanced for long
enough and sufficiently enough, it can also cause the other two
doshas (Pitta or Kapha) to become imbalanced.
It can even cause both Pitta and Kapha to become imbalanced;
this is called a Tridoshic imbalance and is the most difficult
to overcome. Secondly, Vata is the main driver or mover of the
body, including the other two doshas, all the tissues (dhatus)
and all of the waste products (malas).
Vata provides the following functions:
All eliminations: fetus, semen, feces, urine, sweat, and a few
others
Assists with all the various metabolisms in the body (called
Agni in Ayurveda)
Controls all of the various movement of body (both physical
& mental),
including such things as respiration, heart beat, motivation
and contraction of muscles.
Relays all sensory input from the various sense organs to the
brain.
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