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is usually cool in the summer. This coolness also fire element.
There are thus two types of fire element: climate – (Utu) is another name for fire element. When
the body and environs are cool, the entire atmosphere is cool. If this fire element is hot when it
should be hot and cool when it is the time for cool season, we have healthy climate. In our bodies
if fire element is moderate we are healthy; if not we are sick; if in excess we die.
Therefore those who cannot adapt to the changing fire element should live with care. They
should avoid traveling in intense heat or extreme cold; they should avoid eating very hot or very
cold food. Water and ice are aggregate matter with excess of site fire element.
A fire element serves to digest our food. It originates from beneath the stomach. It helps digest
the food eaten, but if it is feeble you cannot digest properly and get stomach disorder. In order to
be healthy you need to eat tender digestible food.
10.2.4. Wind element - Vayo Dhatu
Wind element is the element of motion. It is seen in the wind blowing about and pushing against
things. This wind element pushes or moves other aggregate matter.
In our body there are six types of wind: -
i. Upward wind - Uddhangama
Wind that moves upward, causing bleaching, and coughing, sneezing and related illness. When
we speak this wind moves constantly upwards and cause bowel discomfort. One should not
speak with an empty stomach.
ii. Downward wind - Adhogama
Wind that moves downward causing bowel movement and frequent motion.
iii. whirl wind - Kucchittha
Wind that moves about in the visceral cavity apart from the large and small intestines.
iv. Digestive wind - Kotthasaya
Wind that moves about inside the large and small intestines, pushing digestible food from the
stomach into the rectum.
v. Wind within the Limbs - Anggamanganusari
Wind that moves within the limbs. If this wind does not move freely illness results. In our bodies
there are small veins along which this wind moves. Staying in one posture for a long time
prevents this wind from moving freely causing blood to accumulate at one location without
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