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Ayurveda Body Type (3)13 Digestive Powers For MetabolismAyurveda body types are also based on differentiated forms of digestive powers. These are the basis of metabolism or the complete life processes in us. Ayurvedic medicine describes the metabolism in a very specialized way for all the tissue layers and five basic elements. We will be familiar with various terms synonyms used in Ayurvedic medicine for describing body. Differentiated Forms Of Fire Element For Ayurveda Body Type:The digestive power or fire is not just an arbitrary word used in describing ayurveda body type. If we limit our understanding to simply the digestive power, we will be with restricted tools to deal with metabolic disorders arising from various tissues and other diseases in various body organs and systems. This digestive fire element is present in body in three basic forms and these three forms are further specialized into thirteen forms. 'Jatharagni' or Primal Digestive Power In Ayurveda Body Type:This is the principal form of digestive power. All the other digestive powers are supported by this. These increase or decrease accordingly. (Charka Samhita, Disease Management Section, 15/39) This digestive power resides in between large colon and stomach in the form of 'Pachaka or digestive Pitta'. This digests all kinds of food and help in absorption of digested food and divides food into doshas or humors, urine, stool, plasma after digestion. (Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Section, 21/10) 'Dhatavagni' Or Digestive Powers Residing In Tissues In Ayurveda Body Type:There are seven basic types of tissues in our body - plasma, blood, muscles, fat, bones, marrow and nerves, semen or ovum plus menstrual fluid. When digested food is absorbed and reaches plasma. Then, in the different tissue layers or membranes it is digested to form the essence of that tissue and corresponding waste material to be excreted. Each tissue has its own digestive system, so to say, that maintains the anabolism and catabolism or metabolism of that tissue. This specific power of these seven tissues is called 'Dhatavagni' or Digestive power residing in tissues. All these digestive powers of tissues are supported by primary digestive power. 'Bhutagni' Or Digestive Powers Of Five Elements In Ayurveda Body Type:There are five basic elements in nature - ether, air, fire, water and earth. These are not the exact physical representatives. To understand their true nature we have to delve deep in Yogic realizations and that would be off theme now. All these five basic elements like the seven tissues have their corresponding digestive fires. So finally there are these thirteen digestive powers - one Primary, seven tissue dependent, five elements dependent. Synonyms Of Body That Are Used In Ayurveda:(1) Kalevara: The residence of power essence. (2) Gatra: One that has movement. (3) Vapu: One that has the impressions of actions after death. It represents astral and causal bodies. (4) Sahanana: The organized form of five basic elements. (5) Sharira: Signifying the catabolic aspect of life processes. (6) Varshma: One having the capacity of reproduction or the capacity to multiply. (7) Vigraha: The receptacle of various emotions - pleasures and sorrow and others. (8) Kaya: Representing the anabolic aspect of life processes. (9) Deha: One that has growth and development. (10) Murti: One that has shape and size. (11) Tanu: That has some expansion in space. (12) Tanoo: one that grows or spreads or expands.
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