Ayurveda Vata

Qualities Of Ayurveda Vata Dosha And Its Role In Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurveda Vata is one of the three bodily humors that are responsible for health and disease in Ayurvedic medicine.

Know about this humor of ayurvedic medicine, its definition and properties as mentioned by ancient ayurveda genius. Get the info about their practical use in Ayurvedic treatment and ayurvedic herbal remedies.

Sanskrit Derivation Of Ayurveda Vata:

We can know a lot by the etymological description of a word. Many times it reveals the qualities and sometimes the history of the word.

'Va Gatigandhanayo' (Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Section, 21/5)

This root is used with 'Ta' suffix and 'Ounadika' prefix.

The meaning of this word is movement. It has three connotations - knowledge, movement and getting something. So Vata is the factor that is responsible for these three features of our body or living being - knowledge, movement and getting something.

Qualities Of Ayurveda Vata:

Charaka described the seven properties of Vata. The seven properties of ayurvedic vata dosha don't reflect only what is implied by their literal meaning. The seven properties are the representation of  physical, chemical, physiological, pathological and psychological aspects of our body.

Dryness can be a sensation or a feeling or a set of some responsible biochemicals in body. In the same way, other properties are analyzed.

  1. Dryness Or Non-unctuousness
  2. Cold Or Cool
  3. Mobility Or Mobile
  4. Micro Or Penetration Power
  5. Clearness Or Non-sliminess
  6. Roughness
  7. Lightness

The Place Or Bodily Locations Of Ayurveda Vata Dosha:

All the channels in our body are the routes of doshas like blood vessles, lymphatics, nerves etc. The activity is manifested in some particular place when the doshas are vitiated. This gives added advantage to discerning ayurveda doctor. Vata's activity is found more in such places - urinary bladder, intestine, pelvic region, thigh, bones and ear.

General Activities Of Ayurveda Vata Dosha:

Though all the ayurveda doshas are essential for life, health and disorders but rest of the two - pitta and kapha are lame without vata dosha. Vata is said to be the most important of the three doshas. 

The chief activities of ayurveda vata dosha are - energy, breathing, ability to act or exert and movements. Ayurveda textbooks such as Charaka Samhita has extolled the activities of ayurveda vata dosha in a very elaborate and interesting manner such as  maintenance of body, the basis of all five different vata, the energy behind voluntary and involuntary activities among many others.

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