| From The River Of Heaven |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| NATURE'S MEDICINE : AYURVEDA | |
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| The Constitutional Types The biological humors as the predominant forces in our body become the main factors which determine our psycho-physical constitution. According to Ayurveda we are not all alike physically nor do our bodies react in the same way. Each of us is a unique combination and proportion of the biological humors. Hence Ayurveda generally divides individuals into three types relative to the predominance of the three humors in their nature, as Vata, Pitta or Kapha. From these seven basic types are distinguished, pure Vata, pure Pitta, pure Kapha, dual Vata-Pitta, dual Pitta-Kapha, dual Kapha-Vata and a balanced, triple or Vata-Pitta-Kapha type. Some Ayurvedic doctors give numbers to represent the proportion of Vata, Pitta and Kapha in the body or in the disease process, like Vata 4, Pitta 2, Kapha 1, showing a high Vata state. But there is no standard way of doing this and each practitioner may do it differently.
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