What Dosha are you? Ayurvedic Quiz
November 13th 2007 03:07
Ayurveda - The Science of Life
Ayurveda is a 5,00 year-old Indian medicinal system which literally means ‘the science of life’. It is reputedly the world’s oldest healthcare system.
According to Ayurvedic science there are three substances in the human body that govern the processes of growth and decay. When out of balance these properties can cause disease and physical ailments.
We are all made up of a combination of these elements — air, fire, water, space and earth — which form our dominant personality type, or dosha. Our dosha also gives us insight into the state of our health and our skin-care needs.
Are you a Pitta, Kapha or Vata? Find out now with this dosha quiz.
I had a consultation and discovered my Dosha is a Kapha - Vatta mix with a Pitta imbalance.
Due to my particular constitution I was prescribed Neem tablets, blood purifying pills and given a fairly limited diet which bafflingly forbade both specific meals and entire food groups. The list of forbidden foods I was presented with followed 5 or so minutes of unhurried pondering by the doctor, during which he hazed toward the river or wistfully at that trees.
The catalogue excluded meat, cold foods, sour tastes such as citrus fruits, salty foods, pickles, astringent and bitter foods, rice, fish mixed with milk and of course caffeine, tobacco and alcohol. My pulse and blood pressure were checked, my tongue knowingly scrutinised and my weight recorded.
I ran into some troubles a little later, but you can read about that on my 'random travels' blog
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