Ayurveda Flashcards
What is the content of the vedas
1) How to purify the body and maintain health
2) How to keep the intellectual mind focused
3) Emotional wellbeing and nature
Branches of ayurveda
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
Purushka
Life source, always in balance
Prakriti
Embodiment through elements, impacted by seasons and gunas
Elements of vata
Ether and air
Elements of pitta
Fire and water
Elements of kapha
Earth and water
Seasons of vata
Fall and early winter
Seasons of kapha
Later winter and early spring
Seasons of pitta
Late spring and summer
Foods of vata
Light, crisp and bright
Foods of pitta
Hot, spicy, pungent
Foods of kapha
Soft, earthy food
How to use food to balance dosha
To pacify a given dosha, avoid that dosha’s foods
Disease process
1) Accumulation
2) Aggravation
3) Dissemination
4) Localization
5) Manifestation
6) Disruption
Accumulation
Dosha accumulates in place
Aggravation
Dosha begins to move
Dissemination
Dosha circulates
Localization
Dosha settles into foreign tissue
Manifestation
Tissue function disrupted
Disruption
Disease in place; beyond preventive care
Home bases of vata
Colon, sinuses, nervous system, bones, heart
Home bases of pitta
Skin, eyes, liver, brain, blood, spleen, endocrine system
Home bases of kapha
Brain, joints, mouth, lymph, stomach, pleural and pericardial cavities
