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Ayurveda Flashcards

1
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What is the content of the vedas

A

1) How to purify the body and maintain health
2) How to keep the intellectual mind focused
3) Emotional wellbeing and nature

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Branches of ayurveda

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1) Internal medicine
2) Surgery
3) Treatment of head and neck disease
4) OB/GYN
5) Toxicology
6) Psychiatry
7) Elder care and vitality
8) Sexual vitality

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3
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Purushka

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Life source, always in balance

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Prakriti

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Embodiment through elements, impacted by seasons and gunas

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Elements of vata

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Ether and air

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Elements of pitta

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Fire and water

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Elements of kapha

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Earth and water

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Seasons of vata

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Fall and early winter

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Seasons of kapha

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Later winter and early spring

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Seasons of pitta

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Late spring and summer

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Foods of vata

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Light, crisp and bright

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Foods of pitta

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Hot, spicy, pungent

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Foods of kapha

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Soft, earthy food

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How to use food to balance dosha

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To pacify a given dosha, avoid that dosha’s foods

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Disease process

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1) Accumulation
2) Aggravation
3) Dissemination
4) Localization
5) Manifestation
6) Disruption

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16
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Accumulation

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Dosha accumulates in place

17
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Aggravation

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Dosha begins to move

18
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Dissemination

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Dosha circulates

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Localization

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Dosha settles into foreign tissue

20
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Manifestation

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Tissue function disrupted

21
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Disruption

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Disease in place; beyond preventive care

22
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Home bases of vata

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Colon, sinuses, nervous system, bones, heart

23
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Home bases of pitta

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Skin, eyes, liver, brain, blood, spleen, endocrine system

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Home bases of kapha

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Brain, joints, mouth, lymph, stomach, pleural and pericardial cavities

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