Ayurveda For Dummies

Because it’s so light and subtle, vata is the dosha which most easily goes out of balance.

Table 2-1 lists the 20 qualities with their opposites, side by side.

Molecules and atoms need space in which to operate, and ether provides that environment throughout your body.

ether, air, fire and water. Each element is connected to a taste

Sattwa guna, or potential energ

Health is described by the word swastha in Sanskrit, which means ‘to be established in the self’.

only considered healthy when your appetite is strong, your tissues (dhatus) are functioning normally, your humours (the doshas: vata, pitta and kapha) are in balance, bodily wastes are eliminated well, and your mind and senses experience joy

only considered healthy when your appetite is strong, your tissues (dhatus) are functioning normally, your humours (the doshas: vata, pitta and kapha) are in balance, bodily wastes are eliminated well, and your mind and senses experience joy.

Sushruta, considered the founder of surgical medicine.

Two systems of medicine are described. The first is a compilation of drugs used on an empirical, rational basis, while the other describes a type of magical spiritual medicine.