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| KAPHA
TYPE |
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Reasons
for Kapha aggravation |
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| 1.
Eating a lot of food that is kapha in nature (heavy, oily, sweet, dense)
such as foods high in sugar and fat content including meat, dairy products,
banana, mangoes, rice, breads, consuming a lot of liquids. |
2. Eating
while feeling grief or sadness, or being greedy. |
3. Engaging
in activities that increase kapha include overeating, sleeping excessively
(especially during the day). |
4.
The natural conditions that aggravate kapha are cold and damp climates,
early morning (after sunrise) and evening (after sunset) and childhood. |
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| Remedies to balance kapha |
| 1. To balance
excess kapha, foods and drinks opposite in nature are consumed. So foods
that are vata or pitta in nature (light, dry, spicy, acidic, hot) should
be eaten. |
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2. Avoiding
activities that stimulate kapha is beneficial. |
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| Sub-type of Kapha |
| Dosa type |
Location |
Functions |
Disorders |
Remedies |
| Kledaka |
Stomach |
Moistens food, helps in digestion |
Indigestion and diseases related to digestion |
Ginger, lemon, buttermilk, salty, sour and bitter
foods |
| Avalambaka |
Heart and chest region |
Protects heart from excessive heat
and gives energy to limbs |
Laziness, lethargy, weakening of heart and limbs
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Camphor, pranayama, yoga, meditation, walking in
the morning |
| Bodhaka |
Tongue |
Perception of tastes, activates salivation |
Abnormality in perception of tastes |
Sweet foods, vegetable soup, asafoetida, cumin seeds,
papaya |
| Tarpaka |
Head, brain and sense organs |
Nourishment of the sense organs |
Memory loss and impairment of sense organs |
Head massage rasayana meditation |
| Slesaka |
Joints |
Lubrication of the Joints, function of the joints |
Pain in the joints, abnormality in the function of
the joints |
Oil massage, yoga postures, garlic, aloe vera, fasting. |
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