Agni Mantra

Agni Mantra

Monday, June 15, 2009

Ayurveda Dosha and Tastes

|| Om Gurave Namah ||
Dear Friends,
 Previously in this blog I had written about ShadRasa (6 Tastes). Each of Six tastes is ruled by a graha. Depending upon Graha influences on your lagna your taste for food changes.

The food we eat changes our constitution. In simplest level Ayurveda (Health Science) divides three types of body constitutions names Vata, Pitta and Kapha. You can read futher about these from any Ayurveda websites.

In Jyotish texts like Diseases are identified using these associations.

Just like what we eat causes trouble what we eat can also fix the health trouble. The most generic way of identifying what could be good for your current health conditition can be found by the taste of food.

First try to find our what Dosha is currently troubling you body and then try to eat food which reduces that dosha.

The table below is given from Prashna Marga (Which in turn qoutes from "Astanga Hridaya").

#

Taste

Removed Dosha

Aggravated Dosh

1

Madhura/Sweet

Vata,Pitta

Kapha

2

Amla

Vata

Kapha,Pitta

3

Lavana/Salty

Vata

Kapha,Pitta

4

Thikta/Bitter

Kapha,Pitta

Vata,Pitta

5

Ushna/Spicy(chilly)

Kapha

Vata

6

Kashaaya/Astringent

Kapha, Pitta

Vata


Prashan Marga Ch 11- Stanzas 27 and 28. — Of the six rasas or tastes — (1) madhura, (2) amla, (3) lavana,

(4) thiktha, (5) ushna and kashaya, the first three remove vata and aggravate kapha; the remaining three remove kapha and aggravate vata. Pitta is destroyed by the 1st, 4th and 6th and aggravated by 2nd, 3rd and 4th.



Warm Regards
Sanjay

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