| 3 DOSHA (PHYSICAL STRUCTURE) | 3 GUNA (MENTAL STRUCTURE) |
| VATA (light – soft – dry) | SATTVA (light – thin – quickening – virtue) |
| PITTA (fluid – warm – active) | RAJAS (activity – passion) |
| KAPHA (cold – dense – slow) | TAMAS (ignorance – inactive – heavy – obstruction) |
VATA ETHER + AIR
ROUGHNESS – LIGHTNESS – THINNESS – COLDNESS – MOBILITY – DRYNESS
PITTA FIRE + WATER
HEAT – ACUTENESS – SPICY TASTE – LIQUIDITY – BAD ODOR – LIGHT GREASINESS – ACID TASTE
KAPHA EARTH + WATER
HEAVINESS – COLDNESS – SOFTNESS – SLOWNESS – GREASINESS – STABILITY – SWEETNESS
Vata is motion: anything that is inherent to the movement tends to increase this Dosha while everything is static tends to stabilize it.
Pitta is fire, all that is heat tends to increase this Dosha while all that is refreshing tends to pacify it.
Kapha is static: all that is heavy tends to aggravate this Dosha while everything is light tends to pacify it.
Factors of increase of Dosha
Taking into consideration the standards of conduct, there are actions and particular conditions that cause the increase of Dosha because of the quality that they express.
| Vata | Pitta | Kapha |
| Fasting | Food sour, salty | Salty, fatty, oily, heavy foods |
| Eating food too seasoned or dry and astringent substances | Food and drinks that create burning sensations | Sedentary lifestyle |
| Excessive exercise | Sunbathing | Childhood |
| Exposure to cold | Noon and midnight | Cold and damp, spring |
| Staying up late into the night | From 10 to 14 and from 22 to 2 | Morning |
| Adulthood | Hot and humid summer | From 6 to 10 and from 18 to 22 |
| From 14 to 18 and from 2 to 6 | Digestive process | Attachment |
| Autumn, windy season | Youth | Envy |
| Wounds | Anger | |
| Excessive blood loss | ||
| Excessive sexual intercourse | ||
| Anxiety | ||
| Incorrect body positions | ||
| Suppression of natural urges | ||
| Sorrows | ||
| Feelings of guilt | ||
| Irregularities of the natural rhythm |
VATA
RESPIRATION, ENERGY, VIBRATIONS, IMPELLED ETC. DEPEND ON VATA
PITTA
DIGESTION, BODILY HEAT, THIRST AND HUNGER, SKIN, GREED OR POSSESSIVE INSTINCTS, SEES, INTELLECT, BRAVERY ETC. DEPEND ON PITTA
KAPHA
STABILITY, SOLIDITY, GREASINESS, STABLE JOINTS, SEXUALITY, MEMORY, AWARENESS, STRENGTH, GENEROSITY ETC. DEPEND ON KAPHA
VATA
IN EQUILIBRIUM
ENTHUSIASM, DYNAMISM, MIND IN ALERT AND VIGILANT, ENERGY AND VITALITY, REGULAR EVACUATION, DEEP SLEEP
IN UNBALANCE
PAIN, RESTLESSNESS, INSENSIBILITY, CONTRACTIONS AND TREMORS, INSTABILITY, ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, DRY SKIN, CONSTIPATION
PITTA
IN EQUILIBRIUM
ACUTE INTELLECT, BALANCED APPETITE, GOOD DIGESTION, BRIGHT SKIN, GOOD SEES
IN UNBALANCE
BURNING, FEVER, PERSPIRATION, IRRITABILITY, FEELING OF BURNING ON THE BODY, VORACIOUS APPETITE, UNBALANCED DIGESTION, YELLOWISH COLOR
KAPHA
IN EQUILIBRIUM
COURAGE, FORGIVENESS, CALM, PLEASANT ASPECT, SOFT AND ATTRACTIVE FORMS, DARK AND STRONG HAIR
IN UNBALANCE
IDLENESS, LETHARGY, OBESITY, PALLOR, FEELING OF HEAVINESS, YAWNS
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