Janardhana V Hebbar - Tridosha Made Easy: The Basic Ayurvedic Principle

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Disclaimer

Contents of this book are for educational purpose only. Please consult your healthcare service provider before following any health advice given in this book. Do not use this book for treating yourself or others. Please contact your healthcare practitioner for any health consultation. The spices, herbs, herbal products, home remedies, health tips and such other materials explained in this book are not intended to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any disease.

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|| Jai Guruji ||

Dedication

I, Dr. Janardhana V. Hebbar, dedicate this book at the holy feet of Sri Guruji Swami Vivekananda and my spiritual Guru, Dr. A. Chandrashekhara Udupa MBBS, FAGE, Managing Director, Divine Park Trust (R), Saligrama, Udupi. (www.divinepark.org)

He guides, He energizes, He shows the path,

He holds my hand and makes me walk!

Project By

Dr. Janardhana V Hebbar MD(Ayu), PGDPSM Founder of EasyAyurveda.com and AyurMedinfo.Com

Janardhana V. Hebbar, all rights reserved.

Authors:

Dr. Janardhana V. Hebbar M.D. (Ayu), PGDPSM

Dr. Raghuram YS M.D. (Ayu)

Dr. Manasa S B.A.M.S

Edited by

Dr. Renita DSouza BAMS

Assisted by

Dr. Regina Antony BAMS

Dr. Yashoda BAMS

Dr. Arya Raveendran BAMS

Ms. Karthyayini MA

Ms. Sumangala Rao MA

Mr. Sachidananda Bhat

Dr. Raghuram YS MD (Ayu)

Teacher and Ayurveda practitioner for 22+ years, engaged in health councelling, blogging and televesion talks.

Reader, Dept. Of Kayachikitsa, ALNRMAM College, Koppa.

Dr Manasa S is practicing Ayurveda for 18 years and is also a blogger.

Dr. Janardhana V. Hebbar MD (Ayu), PGDPSM

Founder EasyAyurveda.com & AyurMedInfo.Com

Author of Living Easy with Ayurveda and Easy Ayurveda Home Remedies

Dr. J.V. Hebbar offers

Weekly online classes

Video courses on Ayurveda

E-books

Ayurveda training in Mangalore, India

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Know more about them at EasyAyurveda.com

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Dr. Hebbars designed herbal products are available at www.gardendiary.info

Special Thanks To

My family members who have been supporting me unconditionally throughout this journey of Easy Ayurveda. Thank you for tolerating all the pains.

Smt. Padmakshamma (mother), Karthyayini (wife), Smt. Vanamala (mother-in-law).

Daughters Sadhvi & Chinmayi

Sister Sharada, brother-in-law Mr ShashiKumar ( gardendiary.info ), Tushar, Ms Sharada.

Deepti Singh Suri, Chicago, IL, Founder of YogaHabitat.com Chicago, USA, offering consultation, therapies, cooking classes, workshops on Yoga and Ayurveda. Deepti is also coming up with an Ayurveda Yoga school for children and adults.

I Remain Grateful To

Sri VS Prashantha for all the love, care and support.

Best Wishes From

Learning about Tridosha is like covering the initial miles in the long journey of Ayurveda learning. Knowledge about the three Doshas is necessary to understand

The structure and functions of the body

Mind and its functions

Disease progression

Ayurvedic treatments and remedies.

I congratulate the team of Easy Ayurveda for coming up with this excellent book on the most basic Ayurvedic principle. The book also contains remedies and treatment principles, Yoga, diet and Pranayama advice for Dosha imbalances. This book will be useful for all the students of Ayurveda, especially for the ones who are just getting introduced to this amazing ancient Indian system of healing.

Best wishes,

Deepti Singh Suri,

yogahabitat.com

Chicago, IL, USA

Easy Introduction to Ayurveda

Ayurveda as old as the creation!

Ayurveda is the oldest medical science. It originated from India. Even today, this amazing medical science continues to grow from India to all parts of the globe.

The Sanskrit word Ayurveda is derived from two words

Ayu = life

Veda = science

Ayurveda helps us to live all aspects of our lives in the best possible manner. Ayurveda uses natural resources such as herbs to promote health and to treat diseases.

The purpose of Ayurveda is

To maintain the health of healthy individuals

To treat the disease in patients

How Ayurveda Perceives Human Body?

The modern system understands the body, starting from cells, cellular components, tissues, organs and systems such as respiratory system, digestive system etc.

Ayurveda looks at human body through a prism called Tridosha. It is a set of three factors

Vata dosha, Pitta dosha and Kapha dosha.

Ayurveda explains, like air, sunlight and water control the Earths atmosphere, in human body, Vata, Pitta and Kapha doshas control physical and mental health.

If the wind blows strong or temperature is too high or if it rains heavily, there will be imbalance in our atmosphere. Similarly, in the body, if Vata, Pitta and Kapha doshas aggravate, it leads to diseases.

Air, sunlight and water show their effect on the land and living beings. Similarly, Vata, Pitta and Kapha show their effect on body tissues.

Dhatu Body Tissue

Ayurveda explains there are seven types of body tissues called as Dhatus. They are

Process of Digestion

The food we take is digested with the help of digestive fire, called Agni as per Ayurveda. The digested food is divided into nutritious and waste parts. The nutritious part nourishes all the seven body tissues. The waste part in the form of urine, faeces and sweat is eliminated out. The entire process of digestion is influenced by Tridosha.