Dhatu Basics Flashcards
What are the two functions of Sapta Dhatu?
Sustain and Nourish the body and successive Dhatus
What is Poshak Dhatu?
Supports the body
What is Pashya Dhatu?
Nourishes the body
What is Malas?
Waste products (kitta paka) that rise out of metabolic transformation of Dhatus
What is the Rasa dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: plasma, WBC
Function: Immune System
What is Rakta dhatu tissues and function?
Tissue: Red blood cells (RBC)
Function: Oxygenating vital organs
What is the Mamsa dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: Muscles
Function: strength, protects delicate organs, smoothes joint movements
What is the Medu dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: Fat
Function: insulates body heat, lubricates tissues
What is the Asthi dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: Bone & Cartilages
Function: gives structure to body
What is the Majja dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: Bone marrow, Nerves
Function: motor impulses, sensory impulses, cellular communication
What is the Male Shukra dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: Reproductive tract
Function: Procreation
What is the Female Artava dhatu tissue and function?
Tissue: Reproductive tract
Function: holds essence of all tissues
What is srotas?
Channels that circulate the doshas and tissues to various organs and transports wastes
How are srotas classified?
Internal and External
How many types of srotas are there?
13 Internal
3 External
What are the 13 Internal srotas?
Pran, Anna, Udaka, Rasa, Rakta, Mamsa, Meda, Asthi, Majja, Shukra, Purisha, Mutra, Sweda vaha srotas’
What are the 3 external srotas?
Artava, Stanya, Mano vaha srotas’
What is the function of Pran vaha srotas?
Carries the breath to all parts of the body
What is the function of Anna vaha srotas?
Transports solid & liquid foods
What is the function of Udaka vaha srotas?
Transports water
What is the function of Rasa vaha srotas?
Carries plasma & lymph
What is the function of Rakta vaha srotas?
Carries blood cells esp. hemoglobin
What is the function of Mamsa vaha srotas?
Carries muscle nutrients & wastes
What is the function of Meda vaha srotas?
Supplies adipose tissues
What is the function of Asthi vaha srotas?
Carries nutrients to bone & transports waste
What is the function of Majja vaha srotas?
Supplies bone marrow & nerves including wastes
What is the function of Shukra vaha srotas?
Carries and nourishes sperm & ova
What is the function of Purisha vaha srotas?
Carries feces
What is the function of Mutra vaha srotas?
Carries urine
What is the function of Sweda vaha srotas?
Carries sweat
What is the function of Artava vaha srotas?
Carries menstruation
What is the function of Stanya vaha srotas?
Carries breast milk during lactation
What is the function of Mano vaha srotas?
Carries thoughts, ideas, emotions and impressions
What is Grahani or Agnashaya and where is it seated?
Duodenum, a little above and left side of umbilicus
What is Tila or Pittashaya and where is it seated?
Gall Bladder, below the liver
What is Pawanashaya and where is it seated?
Large Intestine, below the Agnshaya/Grahani
- ऊध्वमर् ग्न्याशयो नाभेवार्मभागे व्यविस्थतः ।
- तस्योप�र �तलं �ेयं तदधः पवनाशयः ।।
Little above and left side of umbilicus is the place of Agnashaya (pachk agni) and this is the place in Ayurveda called Grahani (duodenum). Ashaya means hollow place
Without vitiation in duodenum, celiac disease doesn’t occur. Unhealthy eating or wrong postpartum care is cause of celiac
- मलाशयस्त्वधस्तस्य बिस्तमूत्रर् ाशयः स्मतृ ः ।
- जीवरकताशयमुरो �ेयाः सप्ताशयास्त्वमी ।।
- Below Pawanashaya, it is Malashaya (seat of feces - Anus). Below Malashaya, it is Mutrashaya (Urinary bladder- Basti). Jiva- Raktashaya resides in the chest and its seat is the heart.
- These are seven Ashayas (organs) in men (Pitta Shaya, Agna Shaya, Pawana Shaya, Mala Shaya, Mutra Shaya and Rakta Shaya) while women have more three more Ashyas and they are Gharbhashay (uterus), and two stanas or breasts or stana shayas (breast).
