Find Your Body Type- A Comprehensive Guide to Vata, Pitta& Kapha

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Ayurveda categorizes the body into Vata, Pitta, and Kapha based on elements and qualities, each dosha essential for maintaining health and balance. Kapha, Pitta, and Vata are defined by specific attributes originating from earth, water, fire, wind, and space elements, crucial in Ayurvedic principles.

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  • Ayurveda categorizes the body into Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, each with unique qualities based on elements like earth, water, fire, wind, and space.
  • Kapha is characterized by oiliness, coldness, heaviness, smoothness, and immobility; Pitta exhibits oiliness, heat, lightness, odor, fluidity, and mobility; Vata shows dryness, lightness, coldness, roughness, subtlety, and mobility, all crucial for maintaining health and equilibrium.

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    Vata, Pitta, and Kapha represent elements in Ayurveda.

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"Elements and Doshas in Ayurveda"

  • Ayurveda revolves around Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, representing elements and their properties in the body.
  • The five elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and space form the basis of Ayurveda, with specific qualities.
  • Kapha, formed by earth and water elements, is oily, cold, heavy, smooth, and immobile.
  • Pitta, from water and fire elements, is oily, hot, light, odorous, fluid, and mobile.
  • Vata, from air and space elements, is dry, light, cold, rough, subtle, and mobile, with each dosha playing a vital role in health and balance.
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