Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Doshas
The 3 main doshas (medical humours) are Vata (resembles the classical element air), Pitta (fire), and Kapha (water). All bodily processes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dosha: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Dosha
Dosha: three basic metabolic principles connecting the mind and body and biological humour.   (See also: Dosha , Ayurveda, Ayur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dosha Vaishmya: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Dosha Vaishmya
Dosha vaishmya: pathological condition of dosha   (See also: Dosha vaishmya , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Healt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia - Ayurveda
Ayurveda (आयुर्वेद Sanskrit: ayu—life; veda—knowledge of) or ayurvedic medicine is a comprehensive system of medicine...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda � An Introduction - I
Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word derived from two roots: ayur, which means life; and veda, which means knowledge. It has its roots in ancient ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Double Dosha Body Types: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Vata-pitta
Body Characteristics - double dosha body types   VATA-PITTA Their characteristics show a combination of vata & pitta, for exa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Double Dosha Body Types: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Kapha-vata
Body Characteristics - double dosha body types   KAPHA-VATA Vata–Kapha people tend to be tall but are average in build and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Doshic Imbalances: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Dosha Imbalances
Doshic Imbalances   Any imbalance in the doshas is likely to have a negative effect on your mind and emotions. If in excess you a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Double Dosha Body Types  : Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Pitta-kapha
Body Characteristics - double dosha body types   PITTA-KAPHA Pitta-Kapha people probably adjust best of any constitution to the c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Body Characteristics: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Double Dosha Body Types
Body Characteristics - double dosha body types   VATA-PITTA Their characteristics show a combination of vata & pitta, for exa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Characteristics Of Body Types: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Dosha Constitutions.  
Characteristics of body types   For a better understanding of your Ayurvedic constitution and to cross-check the results of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dosha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Dosha
dosha: (Sanskrit) "Bodily humor; individual constitution."   Three bodily humors, which according to ayurveda regulate...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tridoshas: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Tridoshas
The Tridoshas The Tridoshas (tri meaning three and doshas being the basic physical energies) are the primary and essential factors of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samsarga: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Samsarga
Samsarga:  duel vitiation of dosha.   (See also: Samsarga , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Health, Body Mind ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kapha: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Kapha
Kapha:the dosha responsible for bodily structure   (See also: Kapha , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Health, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prashama: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Prashama
Prashama:  alliviation of dosha   (See also: Prashama , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, Alternative Health, Body Mind and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Humors: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Humors
humors (or bodily humors): See: ayurveda, bodily humor, dosha. (See also: Humors , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodily Humor: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Bodily Humor
bodily humor: Commonly, the fluids of the body, an English equivalent of the ayurvedic term dosha, which names three fundamental inter...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vata
vata: (Sanskrit) "Movement." Vayu, "air-ether." One of the three bodily humors, called dosha, vata is known as the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vata: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vata
vata: (Sanskrit) "Movement." Vayu, "air-ether." One of the three bodily humors, called dosha, vata is known as the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pitta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pitta
pitta: (Sanskrit) "Bile; fire." One of the three bodily humors, called doshas, pitta is known as the fire humor. It is the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sammurchana: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Sammurchana
Sammurchana:  amalgamation between viliated dosha and dushya   (See also: Sammurchana , Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Dictionary, A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vata: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Vata
Vata:  the dosha responsible for all movement in the body,  biological air humor.   (See also: Vata , Ayurveda, Ayurv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pitta: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Pitta
Pitta:  the dosha responsible for metabolism (closely identified with agni, the body's vital heat)   (See also: Pitta , Ay...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakrama: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary Ii On Panchakrama
Panchakrama: The five cleansing (purification) methods to get rid of excess Doshas.   (See also: Panchakrama , Ayurveda, Ayurve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kapha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Kapha
kapha: (Sanskrit) "Biological water."   One of the three bodily humors, called dosha, kapha is known as the water humo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurvedic Nutrition: Alternative Health Dictionary On Ayurvedic Nutrition
Ayurvedic nutrition (Ayurvedic diet): Nutritional phase of Ayurveda. It involves eating according to (a)     ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marma Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Marma Healing
marma healing (Ayurveda marma healing): A complete system for health, longevity, and beauty. Its roots include Ayurveda (the science o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurvedic Medicine: Holistic Health Dictionary On Ayurvedic Medicine
AYURVEDIC MEDICINE Ayurvedic (pronounced eye yur VEH dik) medicine stresses a holistic approach to health. It means “science of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Basic Principles
Panchakarma Basic Principles Panchakarma consists of medicated emesis (vamana) to remove excess kapha, therapeutic purgation (viracana...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchkarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Basic Principles
Panchkarma Basic Principles Panchakarma consists of medicated emesis (vamana) to remove excess kapha, therapeutic purgation (viracana)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purgation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Purgation Therapy
Panchkarma: Purgation Therapy   Aims to eliminate those doshas that cannot be removed by emesis or through other channels as kidn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purgation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Purgation Therapy
Panchakarma: Purgation Therapy   Aims to eliminate those doshas that cannot be removed by emesis or through other channels as kid...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurveda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ayurveda
ayurveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of life." A holistic system of medicine and health native to ancient India. This sacred Vedic ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayurveda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ayurveda
ayurveda: (Sanskrit) "Science of life." A holistic system of medicine and health native to ancient India. This sacred Vedic sc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma
Panchakarma In Ayurveda treatment consists of four basic forms, namely - medicine or drug therapy, pancha (five) karma (actions/ syste...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panchakarma: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma
Panchakarma In Ayurveda treatment consists of four basic forms, namely - medicine or drug therapy, pancha (five) karma (actions/ syste...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Emesis Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Emesis Therapy
Panchakarma: Emesis Therapy   This is really effective for nasal disorders, tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma, diabetes, poor dige...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Emesis Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Emesis Therapy
Panchkarma: Emesis Therapy   This is really effective for nasal disorders, tuberculosis, bronchitis, asthma, diabetes, poor diges...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Choice Of Pet: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Choice Of Pet
Choice of Pet Often an extension of their owner's personalities, pets should ideally be chosen so as to have a therapeutic effect on y...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trigunas: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Trigunas
The Trigunas   Just as the doshas are the essential components of the body, the three gunas - Satwa, Rajas and Tamas - are the th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritucharya: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Ritucharya
Ritucharya   Given that the term prakriti denotes both body constitution and nature, it is only expected that with the changing s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ritucharya: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Ritucharya
Ritucharya   Given that the term prakriti denotes both body constitution and nature, it is only expected that with the changing s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diagnosis Process: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Diagnosis Process
Diagnosis Process The imbalance of doshas and the course they follow to cause disease is termed samprapti or pathogenesis. Since disea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diet: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Uneasy Food Combinations
Uneasy Food Combinations   The next important factor requiring attention in the planning of diet is the incompatibility of certai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ten Fold Examination Process: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Ten Fold Examination Process
Examination Process   Ten (Dash) fold (Bidha) Examination (Pariksha)   Related to the patient.   Covers body constituti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Malas: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Malas
The Malas Malas are the various waste products of the dhatus produced during the normal metabolical process. The three primary malas b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oelation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Oelation Therapy
Oelation Therapy   Involves saturation of the body with herbal & medicated oil via external & internal oelation to make ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fomentation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchkarma Fomentation Therapy
Panchkarma: Fomentation Therapy   Fomentation, or sweating, necessarily follows oleation. Induced by heat from different sources ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fomentation Therapy: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Panchakarma Fomentation Therapy
Panchakarma: Fomentation Therapy   Fomentation, or sweating, necessarily follows oleation. Induced by heat from different sources...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhatus: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Dhatus
The Dhatus The Sapta (seven) Dhatus (tissues) elements form the pillars of the body that form the means of nourishment and growth whil...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sex: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Sex And Relationships
Sex & Ayurveda Sex has always been an issue of dichotomy. An integral part of our lives and essential for the continuation of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eight Fold Examination Process: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Eight Fold Examination Process
Examination Process   Eight (Asht) fold (Bidha) Examination (Pariksha) Provides a clear picture of nature of ailment and patient'...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dinacharya: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Dinacharya
Dinacharya In order to keep the tridoshas in a state of healthy equlibrium and digestion & metabolism (agni) in proper order, Ayur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Qualities
It could be said that the simple essence of ayurveda is knowledge and awareness of the qualities of nature – called gurvadi gunah. By u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - The Five Elements
According to the ancient Sankhya theory of cosmology, on which ayurveda is based, the "five great elements" (Panchamahabhuta); combine in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Today
Ayurvedic physicians were traditionally supported by their patients and the communities they worked in, with a minority gaining royal pat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Historically
At the closing of the initiation, the guru gave a solemn address to the students where the guru directed the students to a life of chasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Brhat Trayi The Greater Triad
The Charaka and Sushruta Samhitās are compendiums of two traditions rather than texts authored by single authors. A third tradition is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ayurveda: Encyclopedia Ii - Ayurveda - Basic Concepts And Methodology
Traditonal Āyurveda speaks of eight branches: kāyāchikitsā (internal medicine), shalyachikitsā (surgery including anatomy), shālāk...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda Sitemap I - D
This is a sitemap for Ayurveda - D . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article