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As reported in the Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine’s research paper, “Dosha brain-types: A neural model of individual differences,” the authors present a framework for seeing the brain functions represented by the three doshas—vata, pitta and kapha doshas. For instance, the prefrontal cortex, which includes the anterior cingulate, ventral medial, and the dorsal lateral cortices, would exhibit a high …
Ayurveda’s three doshas—vata, pitta and kapha—are made of a combination of the five elements—air, ether, earth, fire and water. And, the fire element (or, tejos in Sanskrit, but also called agnis in the body) is the source of the Pitta Dosha. This is the second installment of three in the Ayurveda Nutrition Series, so if you missed Vata Dosha (Part …
Your body is consistently in a state of trying to maintain homeostasis, or equilibrium of all of its systems. In the traditional Hindu medicine system, Ayurveda (sometimes called “yogic science”), good health is maintained and corrected through balancing nutrition, herbal remedies, and yogic breathing. Of all the principles of Ayurveda, none are more powerful than an understanding of the doshas. …
In Western medicine, we consider the human body an open system, says Dr. B. M. Hegde, Indian medical scientist, educationist, and author, and Editor-in-Chief of the medical journal, Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes. But, he tells the audience in his 2016 TEDx MITE talk, “Ayurveda Over Western Medicines,” that the human body is a closed system. All it …
