- Page 1 and 2: An Introduction to Ayurveda By: Pet
- Page 4 and 5: “The aim of Ayurveda is to mainta
- Page 6 and 7: “It is called Ayurveda, because i
- Page 8 and 9: ayurveda is the science (veda) of u
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- Page 12 and 13: The custodian of Ayurveda has been
- Page 14 and 15: Ayurveda was not invented Like Grav
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- Page 18: On either side of the entrance are
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- Page 31 and 32: Dioscorides the Greek physician and
- Page 33 and 34: Spices, herbs, medicinal drugs and
- Page 35 and 36: AYURVEDA 5 Elements: ether, air, fi
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- Page 43: Within our body and in our environm
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- Page 53: the quantity, quality and proportio
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We not only Live in the universe We
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let’s look at some of the varying
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“First, nutrition is the master k
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USA Americans suffer from an epidem
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Germany ischemic heart disease, tra
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Norway The three most common causes
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Japan Cancer is the leading cause o
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Italy Italy was deemed the healthie
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Chad As one of the poorest countrie
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Kuwait 15% of the adult population
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The No. 1 health condition in the U
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MEXICO diabetes is the leading caus
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China Nearly one-third, 28%, of all
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Poland According to the National He
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EGYPT the four most common diseases
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ECUADOR There are many prevalent di
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Mongolia Top 6 causes of death: Res
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Great Britain Five big killers - he
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BHUTAN Widespread health concerns i
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Australia The 6 top chronic health
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NORWAY One of the major findings fr
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Guatemala Widespread health concern
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Luxembourg Across Luxembourg one of
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India India, is facing a growing ob
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USA Americans suffer from an epidem
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MALI Malaria and other arthropod-bo
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CANADA Too many calories (and too m
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FRANCE Cancer is the leading cause
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Greenland Mortality and disease pat
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the Law of Karma
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DISEASE Karma Phala Transgression o
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Ayurveda in Nature
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The CONFUSION OF CAUSE AND EFFECT S
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“Todays scientists have substitut
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TRIDOSHA SIDDHANTA THREE DOSHAS
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“If you want to find the secrets
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THE ‘NATURE’ or quality OF a TH
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DOSHA MEANS THAT WHICH VITIATES OR
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The elemental make-up that a person
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Vikruti means that which ‘covers
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Vata is the biological air humor, a
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Pitta is the biological fire humor,
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Vata air is contained in ether. it
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The primary site of Vata is in the
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Pitta Fire, exists in the body as w
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The Primary site of Pitta is in the
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If a person was born with earth and
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A Kapha and a Vata
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The primary location of kapha is th
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DOSHAS ARE AGENTS OF CHANGE IN THE
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PITTA TRANSFORMS THE FOOD SUBSTANCE
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Dosha, Dhatu, Mala
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There are three basic systems in th
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The Malas are excreted
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Mouth Tongue Larynx Pharynx Nose Th
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Large Intestine Reproductive Organs
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DOSHA’S FUNCTION with the DHATUS
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Again: UNLIKE THE DHATUS, THE DOSHA
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EACH DOSHA DISPLAYS A TWICE DAILY C
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EXCESS DOSHA
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Pitta in excess causes yellow color
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Primary attributes (GUNAS) of the D
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THE DOSHAS HAVE INTELLIGENCE WHICH
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THE DOSHA’S TWICE DAILY MIGRATION
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Pitta CONVERSION-transformation gov
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The Cause and Causes of Disease
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“The sages did not treat those wh
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2. Dhriti Bhramsha is disturbed sel
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The Sanskrit word for ‘Cause’ i
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the Proximate cause of disease is o
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The secondary causes of disease are
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According to the Tibetan tradition,
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“I bow down to that unparalleled
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Bhavachakra the wheel of life this
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Yama has the following attributes:
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He is sometimes shown adorned with
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The three states of 1) delusion or
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In the hub of the wheel are three a
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Snake The snake represents aversion
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These three animals represent the t
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AVIDYA or ignorance gives rise to w
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Pragya Aparadha and unmaada Destruc
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Through ‘the mistake of the intel
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1) Buddhi Vibramsh is the disturbed
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3) Smriti Bhramsha disturbed memory
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The causes of unmaada are many
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Unmaada is classified according to
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Pitta unmaada shows excitement, on
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BEEJA - BHUMI The Seed and the Soil
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If the body is filled with ama and
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The Seven Dhatus
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All diseases are rooted in the mind
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ayurveda is based on the law of kar
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one of the ways i learned about fat
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Limitation
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on my first day of class in ayurved
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that ‘context’ is found by taki
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the Dynamics of the Elements
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Ayurveda is based on Three of the S
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Vaisheshika is based on direct perc
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Sankhya lays out the world in a dua
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TWENTY QUALITIES OR GUNAS OF AYURVE
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The 5-elements make up the physical
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The gunas are also used to describe
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The predominance of one or the othe
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Sattva is clarity, awareness and ba
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Samanya Vishesha ‘Like Increases
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Agni
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Life-span, complexion, strength, he
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Agni can get out of balance due to
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if the agni is very strong it can t
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“It is obvious that that the bodi
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a) All forms of imbalanced agni cre
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The overflowing of Ama is a very da
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Tikshna agni: Intense hunger but wi
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Samagni: Balanced hunger and digest
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In both body and mind whatever you
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If it is undigested food it is call
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Ama is deposited in the Tissues of
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This Ama blocks the proper thinking
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there is always waste (MALA) in the
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The Tri Malas (The Three Wastes) Th
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Ayurveda says that indigestion is b
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Ama is different from mala, which i
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Once ama is deposited in the dhatus
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Third, when digestion is impaired,
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Lastly, the ama and mala which have
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Samprapti- The Six Stages of Diseas
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These six stages are called: Sampra
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When the doshas undergo increase as
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If the body cannot eliminate the in
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Ama causes the Agni/metabolism to b
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the colon overflows with vata the i
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Accumulation Of Vata Dosha: the dos
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Accumulation Of Kapha Dosha: Food t
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It is easy to restore balance to th
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Stage 2: prakopa If no action is ta
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Vata will show increasing pain in t
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Kapha will show cough, congestion a
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During prakopa, the aggravated dosh
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When the doshas reach the maximum c
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In Prasara the intestines fill with
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In Prasara The condition is still c
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Disease progresses in pathogenesis
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There is now a combination of Dosha
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5) Manifestation- Vyakti Signs and
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6) BHEDA: Differentiation and destr
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In these later stages of disease, t
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“The ability of the physician to
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“Ayurveda, when followed fully, w
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There are three forms of Diagnosis
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Vidya knowledge and discrimination
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Vata, Pitta and Kapha are sequentia
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JALA-KAPHA (6-10)
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VAYU COOL, DRY, WINDY (2-6)
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The consideration of the seasons of
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“Whoever wishes to investigate me
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“The Ayurvedic texts say that a d
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SPRING KAPHA-VATA
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SUMMER- PITTA
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FALL-VATA
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WINTER-KAPHA
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“In short, take warm food and dri
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PITTA
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PITTA - VATA
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VATA
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“Annam is Brahman” “Food is E
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Ayurveda is based on Sankhya philos
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“There is no plant that is not me
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“Shareeram dharayenthe dhatvahara
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“On the contrary, ahitaahaar (inc
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Atreya, one of the rishis said: “
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So important is diet or food that t
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Ahar or food builds tissues medicin
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Is milk good for me? What is your d
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Foods are classified in ayurveda ac
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Tamasic foods are highly processed,
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Tamasic foods in moderation are gro
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Rajasic Foods Heavily Spiced foods,
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Sattvic Foods Mango, pomegranate, c
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Vata is associated with fear and an
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“Leave your drugs in the chemists
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Ayurveda considers food in terms of
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Sweet- Earth and water Sour- Fire a
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If the sweet taste is used too much
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“The sour taste is found in foods
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SALT Fire and Water Sea salt, rock
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Bitter Air and Ether The bitter tas
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Pungent Fire and Air The pungent ta
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If the pungent taste is used too mu
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If the astringent taste is used hab
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for Pitta Maximise: Sweet, Astringe
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According to Ayurveda, every food h
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When two or more foods having diffe
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the Doshas . . . again
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tsunami
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All this boils down to the idea tha
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Summary Considerations
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The order or process of healing is
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The following is a story told by Ye
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“Well, it looked for a while like
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SEXUALITY “All the best medicines
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This does not mean that access to A
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"Ayurveda is beyond beginning and e
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let us go forward to dancing and la
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to my Brilliant Ayurveda Guru and T
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The individual is non-different fro
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I bow to Lord Dhanvantari holding i
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If physicians more learned than I w