Basics of Ayurved

The Three Dosas

1. Vatha
2. Pitha
3. Kapha

The Five Elements that compose the universe & the Human Body:

1. Earth(prthvi)
2. Water (jala)
3. Fire (Agni)
4. Air (vayu)
5. Ether (Akasa)

Saptadhatu/Seven primary constituent elements  of the body

1. Chyle or plasma (called rasa dhātu),
2. Blood (rakta dhātu),
3. Flesh (māṃsa dhātu),
4. Fat (medha dhātu),
5. Bone (asthi dhātu),
6. Marrow (majja dhātu), and
7. Semen or female reproductive tissue (śukra dhātu)

Ayurveda stresses a balance of three elemental energies or humors:

1. Vāyu vāta (air & space – “wind”),
2. pitta (fire & water – “bile”)
3. kapha (water & earth – “phlegm”).

According to ayurvedic medical theory, these three substances — doṣas (literally that which deteriorates )—are important for health, because when they exist in equal quantities, the body will be healthy, and when they are not in equal amounts, the body will be unhealthy in various ways. One ayurvedic theory asserts that each human possesses a unique combination of doṣas that define that person’s temperament and characteristics.