What are doshas in Ayurvedic?
Ayurveda is an ancestral Indian medicine that is primarily interested in man, the sick person, and the disease as such. We are in a logic of medicine for the person, unlike Western medicine.
Each of us is made up of a balance of unstable doshas which evolve according to the seasons, our age, our psyche, our family or professional situation.
The Ayurvedic doctor will try to know us better, to know our deep intimacy to prevent illness and to restore or maintain the balance of our vital forces necessary for our good physical and moral health. Which makes this medicine a resolutely very modern medicine and ahead of its time.
What are doshas?
There are 3 doshas. They are the vital energies that make up every human being. Each dosha is the composition of "5 great elements".
Vata = air (predominant) and Ether (or space)
Pitta = Fire (predominant) and water
Kapha = Water (Predominant) + Earth
Take the test to identify your dosha.
These 3 doshas are responsible, according to this medicine, for all the physiological and psychological processes of our body and mind. They are 3 separate energies that are constantly changing and are in balance with each other.
An imbalance of the doshas leads to physical (diseases) or psychological disorders. The Ayurvedic therapist seeks to rebalance the doshas.
The "5 great elements" in Ayurveda and their fundamentals
According to the Ayurvedic doctor, every human form, every thing is composed of "5 great elements": Ether (space), air, water, fire, and earth. Each of these elements is present in the human body in more or less significant proportions. Which gives each individual their own unique characteristics.
These 5 elements are changeable and vary according to the seasons, lifestyle, diet, etc. And it is on this that the Ayurvedic therapist and through the plants he recommends will rebalance your doshas.
Ether (space) = tiny smallness
Air = lightness, mobility and roughness
Fire = heat, lightness, sharpness, liquid
Water = coldness, liquid, tenderness, softness
Earth = heaviness, solidity and stability
