Bhrājaka Pitta

Question 0

What is the governing element of bhrājaka pitta?

Answer 0

Earth

Question 1

Where is bhrājaka pitta located?

Answer 1

Skin

Question 2

What are the primary functions of bhrājaka pitta?

Answer 2

Maintains skin color, texture, and temperature

Stereognosis

Question 3

What is the role of bhrājaka pitta when it comes to external applications to the skin?

Answer 3

Bhrājaka pitta helps in the processing (absorption and assimilation) of oils, pastes, and medications applied externally to the skin

The skin is a door or gate kept functional by bhrājaka

Question 4

What does bhrājaka agni maintain?

Answer 4

The tactile sense of touch, pain, temperature, and stereognosis

Question 5

What does gnosis mean

Answer 5

Knowledge

Question 6

What is stereognosis?

Answer 6

Three dimensional, tactile perception

Touch with comprehension of qualities

The perception of the form of an object by means of touch

Question 7

Abnormal bhrājaka may result in skin conditions such as?

Answer 7

Eczema, dermatitis, acne, and anesthesia-loss of sense of touch, tingling, and numbness

Question 8

The skin is connected to what part of the body?

Answer 8

Liver, all internal organs

Question 9

How is bhrājaka pitta connected to prāna?

Answer 9

The skin is breathing prāna . Different emotions affect the skin’s ability to take in prāna, resulting in a flushed or pale quality to the skin