Physiology

Ayurveda classifies human psychological aspects into three basic types: Sattvic, Rajasic, and Tamasic. These three types differ in moral disposition, their reaction to social, cultural and physical...

Channels of Elimination The three channels are: Feces Urine Sweat Importance of the channels of elimination for health The regular and routine discharge of the body's byproducts is elementary for...

Srotas The human body seems to the naked eye as a solid mass, but it is really a bundle of millions of channels, tubes and passages, enabling the flow of life to take place. Every single cell has...

In Ayurveda, the routine and habitual suppression of natural urges is regarded as a major cause for illness. Vata Dosha is responsible for the formation and execution of the natural urges; therefor...

In traditional medicine, the source of phlegm formation is undigested food. Therefore, if for any reason the process of digestion was not completely successful, the remains of the undigested food...

Ojas (natural immunity) & Bala (strength) Ojas is the essence responsible for vitality and immunity. It maintains the natural resistance of the bodily tissues, fights against aging, wasting and...