VATA-PITTA-KAPHA (TRIDOSHA) DISEASES & MANAGEMENT - 80 TYPES OF VATA DISEASES, 40 TYPES OF PITTA DISEASES & 20 TYPES OF KAPHA DISEASES

 

VATA-PITTA-KAPHA DISEASES, AGGRAVATED SYMPTOMS & MANAGEMENT

Vata

Symptoms of aggravation of Vata:-

A bad taste in the mouth, roughness of the skin and irregularity in the power of digestion, emaciation, hyper pigmentation of the skin, tremors, an abnormal pulse, abnormal pulsation in the body, an affinity for heat (in climate, food and like), fainting, insomnia, inspired sense, acute pain in the bones, depletion of tissues, constipation, flatulence, hyper peristaltic movements, loss of concentration, fear, great and irregular speed in activities such as thinking, speech etc.

Spread acute pain to the lumbar and pelvic regions, liver, spleen, back of the chest, abdomen & testicles etc.

Rigidity and contraction in the hands and legs as well as muscle cramps

Vata becomes aggravated during the night and is reduced during the daytime.

Pain can instantaneously be diminished or abated.

Diseases of Vata:-

Ayurveda outlines 80 diseases implicated by the aggravation of vata

Splitting of nails	Cracking feet	Pain in the feet
Foot drop, collapsed instep	Numbness in the feet	Club foot
Stiff ankles	Cramps in the calf muscles	Sciatica
Bow leggedness, janu varum,	Knock knees, janu valgum	Stiffness & fullness in thighs
Pain & weakness in the thighs	Paraplegia	Rectal prolapse
Tenesmus (gudarti)	Scrotal pain	Stiffness in the penis
Fullness in the groin	Pelvic pain	Hard stools
Abdominal distension with constipation	Lameness, kyphosis	Dwarfism, Gigantism
Pain and stiffness in the sacroiliac joint	Stiffness in the back	Chest pain
Spasmodic abdominal pain	Bradycardia	Tachycardia/heart palpitations
A rubbing chest pain	Impairment of thoracic movement	Pricking chest pain
Atrophy of the arms	Stiffness in the neck	Torticollis
Hoarseness of voice	Jaw pain	Lip pain
Eye pain	Toothache	Loose teeth
Dampness	Lalling	Astringent taste in mouth
Dryness in the mouth	Ageusia	Anosmia
Earache	Tinnitus	Hearing loss, hearing impairment
Deafness	Ptosis of the eyelids	Entropion
Amaurosis	Pain in the eyes	Ptosis of the eyeballs
Ptosis of the eyebrows	Pain in the temporal region	Pain in frontal region of head
Headaches	Dandruff	Facial paralysis
Monoplegia	Polyplegia	Hemiplegia
Clonic seizures	Tonic seizures	Fainting, giddiness
Tremours	Yawning	Hiccups
Asthenia	Delirium, excessive talking	Dryness, Hardness
Dusky dark appearance	Insomnia	An unstable mind

 

Treatment for the diseases of Vata:-

Fomentation and oleation.

Mild elimination.

Medicines and a diet with sweet, sour and salty tastes.

Medicines and diet should be hot.

Alcohol made from molasses.

Regular intake of medicated enemas with unctuous and heating medicines.

Leisurely and ordered living.

Oil, ghee, etc., boiled with medicines that are digestive, stimulating and carminative.

Application of hot ointment followed by a hot medicated bath.

Diet includes hot soups and warm milk.

 

Pitta

Aggravation factor of Pitta dosha:-

Anger, grief, fear, exertion, sexual intercourse

Fasting, an intake of pungent, sour, salty, sharp, hot ingredients, such as chillis and spicy food, sesame or mustard oil, fried and oily food, and yoghurt, are harmful to Pitta’s digestion and cause indigestion, leading to acid formation

Heat, during summer, at the end of the rainy season, during midday, and midnight, and during the time of the digestion of food.

Symptoms of aggravated Pitta:-

Yellow colouration of the skin, giddiness, weakness, defective functioning of the sense organs, destruction of ojas, a desire for cold things, burning sensations, a bitter taste in the mouth, excessive thirst, fainting, reduced sleep and anger.

Diseases of Pitta:-

Ayurveda outlines 40 diseases implicated by the aggravation of Pitta dosha in the body, namely

Burning sensation	Scorching	Burning
Boiling	Fuming
Acid regurgitation (gastro esophageal reflux)	Pyrosis (heartburn)	Internal burning sensation
Burning sensation in shoulder	Excessive temperature	Profuse sweating
Foetid body smell; unpleasant body odor	Cracking body ache	Sloughing of blood
Sloughing of muscles	Burning sensation in the skin	Cracking of the skin
Itching of the skin	Urticaria	Red vesicle formation
Bleeding disorders	Red round patches	Greenish discolouration
Yellowish discoloration	Herpes	Bitter taste in the mouth
Blue spot	Jaundice	Dissatisfaction
Metallic odour from the mouth	Bad odour from the mouth	Excessive thirst
Stomatitis	Pharyngitis	Conjunctivitis
Proctitis	Inflammation of the penis	Hemorrhage
Fainting	Greenish or yellowish discolouration of the eyes, urine or stools.

In addition to these, there can be pitta giddiness, a feeling of intoxication, dryness in the mouth, delirium, diarrhea, anorexia, fever, desire for cooling things etc.

Treatment for the diseases of pitta dosha:-

An intake of clarified butter (ghee)

Purgation with the use of medication that is sweet and cooling

Medicines and diet with sweet, bitter and pungent tastes

Bathing in a perfume-scented bath

External application of camphor and sandalwood paste

Wearing a pearl necklace

Practising patience

Exposure during the early hours of the night to the moon’s rays from the rooftop

Associating with friends who are spirited and informal

Speaking with people whose speech is pleasant and sweet

Associate with people who are laid back, burn camphor perfume and wear special ornaments

Living in a cold house (with underground rooms) through which a stream flows

Going for a walk in parks and on the banks of lakes

Sit by a lake, on the sand, which has well-formed banks and clean water.

 

Special regimens to alleviate Pitta:-

 

Sit on the bank of a lotus pond

Walk through a park with plentiful trees

Enjoy pleasing gestures from others

Include milk and clarified butter in the diet

Purgation

 

 

Kapha

Kapha becomes aggravated through:-

Lack of exercise, lazy habits, sleep during the daytime and other wrong regimens.

Eating sweet, sour, salty, cold, unctuous, heavy food, such as wheat.

Slimy food which obstructs the channels of circulation, for instance, yoghurt, fish, milk, alkaline food, puddings, sugarcane juice, pastries prepared from sesame seeds.

Intake of excess food.

Eating before previous food is digested.

 

Symptoms of aggravated Kapha:-

Pallor, coldness, flabbiness, obesity, laziness, heaviness, loss of strength in the body, obstruction of channels, fainting, excess sleep, drowsiness, dyspnoea, coughing, excessive salivation, nausea, loss of digestive power, abnormal function of the joints.

Kapha becomes especially aggravated by coldness, during winter and spring, in the forenoon, in the evening, and soon after eating.

Diseases of Kapha:-

Ayurveda outlines 20 diseases implicated by the aggravation of kapha dosha, namely

Anorexia	Drowsiness	Excessive sleep
Timidness	Heaviness in the body	Lethargy
Sweet taste in the mouth	Salivation	Mucous expectoration
Excessive excretion of faeces	Weakness, indigestion	A feeling like the heart is covered
Phlegm adhered to the throat	Hardening of the blood vessels	Goiter
Obesity	Loss of appetite or digestive fire	Urticaria
Pallor	Whiteness of urine, eyes and stools

 

In addition to these, cardiac diseases, itching over the body, excessive horripilation, ineffectiveness of wisdom, vomiting, chronic rhinitis, bronchitis, sensation in lips, throat, tongue, gums, palate, nose, eyes, ears and earlobes.

Treatment for Kapha Diseases:-

Administration of emetic and inhalation of sharp, penetrating drugs

Intake of light and unctuous food

Exercise, kneading, medicated smoke inhalation, medicated gargles

Fat reducing medications

Fomentation

Intake of old wheat, honey

Aged alcoholic drinks (medicinal doses)

Avoid daytime sleep

 

Alleviation of VATA, PITTA & KAPHA

As wind is ununctuous (drying), cold and light, warm gingili (sesame) oil alleviates wind (Vata)

Bile is hot, not sweet and sharp, so ghee (clarified butter ) alleviates bile (Pitta)

Mucous is unctuous, sweet and sluggish. So honey, which is astringent and has a scraping action, alleviates it (Kapha)

 

 

These three concepts are respectively represented by Vata (wind), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth/water) in a living body and this gross approach is primarily philosophical and physiological rather than anatomical in its perspective. In fact, these are three windows through which we can observe, analyze and find solutions to almost all of human nature and illnesses.

In the human body, a structural formation, an energy converting system and a regulatory system; all these factors are represented by Kapha (mucous), Pitta (bile) and Vata (wind), respectively and are called the tridoshas, the three humours. In their normal condition, they sustain the body, while in an abnormal condition, they destroy it.

 

Although the doshas pervade the entire body

Kapha’s home is above cardiac region
Vitta’s home is between the cardiac and umbilical region
vata is located below the umbilical region.

 

Vata, Pitta and Kapha (wind, bile and mucous) become aggravated during the end, middle, and beginning of the day, respectively. The same cycle continues during the night and also during digestion.

A balanced state of these factors leads to perfect health, and an imbalanced state of any one of these leads to illness.