Five Elements in Chinese Nutrition The five elements in Chinese medicine can help describe the different processes and aspects of every level of our existence. Each element represents an infinite group of phenomena with a common denominator and the same energetic...
Yin & Yang Yin and Yang in Chinese philosophy represent opposites but complementary qualities. Each phenomenon could be described as Yin or as Yang, in relation to another phenomenon. The Chinese characters for “Yin” and “Yang” are related...
Jing is usually translated as Essence. The Chinese character gives the idea of something derived from a process of refinement or distillation; it is distilled, refined essence, extracted from some coarser basis. This process of extraction of a refined Essence from a...
Seventh Dhatu – Shukra Dhatu (male Reproductive tissue) Shukra Dhatu is the male reproductive tissue, mainly the testes. In Sanskrit the sperm is called Shukra. The word Shukra means white. Ayurveda describes Shukra as liquid, unctuous, jelly like, cool, with the...
First Dhatu – Rasa Dhatu (Serum, white Blood Cells, Lymphatic System) Rasa Dhatu is the first and foremost juice of all life. The food consumed and digested forms Rasa Dhatu within 5 days, and it is the source of nutrition for every cell and bodily tissue. When rasa...
Second Dhatu – Rakta Dhatu (Red Blood Cells) Rakta Dhatu provides a bridge between the body’s internal and external environment by carrying nutrients to the tissues. Rakta Dhatu provides life function, transporting nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract,...
Fourth Dhatu – Meda Dhatu (Fat tissue) Meda is adipose tissue, a loose connective tissue that includes fat, phospholipids, steroids, cholesterol, hormones, and other types of lipids. Fat serves as a building block of every cell in the body, as a source for energy,...
Third Dhatu – Mamsa Dhatu (Muscle tissue) The muscular system accounts for nearly half of the body weight. Muscles are derived from Earth and Water elements, both which are heavy, and from the Fire element that accounts for muscle action. Muscles give shape to the...
Sixth Dathu – Majja Dhatu (Nerve Tissue and Bone Marrow) Bone marrow is a soft jelly like tissue within the cavity of the bone. Every bone has a little foramen, a small hole, through which the nerves and blood vessels enter the bone tissue. Therefore, the bone tissue...
The Sanskrit word Dha means holding, placing, containing. Dhatu means tissue, that which holds together, the constructing, cementing material of the body. The main objective of the Dhatus is to sustain and nourish the body. There are seven Dhatus (bodily tissues),...
Fifth Dhatu – Asthi (Bone tissue) Asthi Dhatu, the bone tissue, is the densest tissue in the body. It provides support, gives shape to the head, face, thorax, limbs and nose. It protects delicate vital organs – the brain, eyes, heart, lungs, uterus, and prostate...
Seventh Dhatu –Artava (female Reproductive tissue) Artava Dhatu is the female reproductive tissue, mainly the ovaries and uterus. Purpose: creation Element: Water Attributes: Heavy, Dense, Hot, and Passive Action: continuity, next generation, pleasure sensations...
