Vyāna Vāyu

Question 1

What is the governing element of vyāna vāyu?

Answer 1

Water

Question 2

What are the primary sites of vyāna vāyu?

Answer 2

Heart, Whole Body

Question 3

What is the function of vyāna vāyu?

Answer 3

Praspandanam: pulsation, throbbing

Question 4

What is the direction of vyāna vāyu?

Answer 4

Circular, Circulation

Question 5

What is the main function of Vyāna vāyu?

Answer 5

The main function is to maintain cardiac activity, circulation, nutrition, and oxygenation of cell tissues and organ systems.

Question 6

Where is Vyāna vāyu located, and what action does it maintain in this location?

Answer 6

Present in the heart. Maintains circulation of of aterial blood, venous blood and lymphatic circulation.

Question 7

What is the movement of Vyāna vāyu?

Answer 7

Moves throughout the body.

Question 8

What type of actions does Vyāna vāyu govern in the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 8

Governs all reflex actions including corneal reflex. It is responsible for the movement of the joints and skeletal muscles through the reflex arc in the spinal cord.

Question 9

What are the disorders of vyāna vāyu?

Answer 9

Poor circulation lack of oxygen supply to the organs.

Sudden lack of oxygenation, called ischemia, such as in blocked coronary arteries (ischemic heart disease), blocked carotid arteries , heart attack, stroke.

Edema, or stagnation of blood in the lower extremeties, is another condition caused by poor circulation.

Question 10

What other vāyu is affected if vyāna vāyu is disturbed?

Answer 10

When vyāna vāyu is affectede prāna is also affected because these two vāyus have functional integrity.