Ayurveda Vata Dosha

Ayurveda Vata Dosha - One of Triple Doshas - Its Properties In Ayurvedic Medicine (1)

Ayurveda Vata is one of the three ayurvedic doshas that are responsible for health and disease in Ayurvedic medicine. Know about this mobile dosha of Ayurvedic medicine, its definition and properties as mentioned by ancient ayurvedic experts. Get the info about their practical use in Ayurvedic treatment.

Sanskrit Derivation Of Ayurveda Vata Dosha:

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. Ayurveda Vata is the factor that is responsible for these three features of our body or living being - knowledge, movement and getting something.

'Vayoratmaiva atama' (Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Section, 42/6)

The soul of Ayurveda Vata is Air principle that is one of the five primary elements. The Air primary element stands for the kinetic energy. This kinetic energy principle is responsible in the universe for all movements - planets, solar systems, galaxies and universe to cellular and atomic or subatomic. On earth, all movements like flow of air, flow of water, rain, germination of seeds and all movements of cells are governed by this principle.

Charaka has rightly concluded the role of this humor for our health and in disease.

"All the activities or movement or efforts are accomplished by Vata. This Vata is the life energy (Prana) of all living being. By the vitiation of Vata, all the diseases occur in our body." (Charaka Samhita, Sutra Section, 17/116)

Qualities Of Ayurveda Vata:

Charaka described the seven properties of Vata.

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

Dry Or Dryness Or Non-unctuousness:

The property that helps to absorb or to dry is Non-unctuousness. This is able to produce dryness, hardness and roughness in body. This property increases Vata and decreases Kapha. Tissues are dried or atrophied and the strength of body is reduced. The complexion changes as in Vata vitiation.

This property absorbs the water from stool in large intestine, makes the feacal matter hard and reduces the intestinal motility. This property reduces the libido or sexual drive.

This property is characteristic of Vata. Some of the materials that are dominant in Fire or Earth primary element are also non-unctuous. The lack of unctuousness or fat is dryness.

This property is found in herbs with astringent, pungent and bitter taste. Using too much of foods or herbs with this property causes vertigo, syncope or unconsciousness, tissue atrophy and degenerative disorders.

It is a common feeling that we all have felt some time. This property is manifested in our body. We can see and sense it on our skin, tongue, throat, nails, eyes, lips and face particularly. This also indicates lack of unctuousness in our body.

In diseases, this property implies lack of physiological secretions like saliva, sweat, breast milk, semen, enzymes, hormones and hard stool.

Cool Or Coldness:

This property pacifies burning or heat sensation. The herbs or other food materials that reduce the heat or burning in body have cold property.

Cold pacifies Pitta and increases Vata and Kapha. It is good for tissue growth. It is hemostatic or helps in arresting bleeding. It is diuretic and has astringent action on sweating and defecation.

Using herbs and food with this property helps in Syncope, thirst, burning sensation, inflammations and other afflictions with Pitta aggravation. Mind is pleased with such food.

Cold property materials are dominant in Water primary element. It is also a property of Vata.

The sweet, bitter and astringent taste are cold in nature. Sour taste is cold in touch only but on eating it exerts hot property. This can be used practically. We can apply the paste of sour tasting herbs over the skin in burning sensation in body. But if we consume herbs or food with sour taste, it will aggravate Pitta and its symptoms like burning sensation.

Burning sensation can be felt in otherwise healthy individuals and in some diseases like hot flushes in menopausal syndrome, fever and deficiency of Vit. B group. We can judiciously use the materials with cold property.

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