What: Self assessment of your Ayurveda composition: "Prakruthi"
How: It is used by holistic doctors in assessments, and is provided below FREE of charge to you!
Training Location: Parissini Ayurveda Medical College in Kerala India this summer.
When: July 2012
Purpose: Awareness of your AYURVEDA Doshas can help bring balance and wellness to your lifestyle. More information on what to do with the answers to come.
Ase!
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Characters
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Vata
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Pitha
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Kapha
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Body Built
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Narrow hips and
shoulders, thin abdomen
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Moderate build, normal
abdomen
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Broad hips and
shoulders, large abdomen
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Body structure
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Lean, tall
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Medium size
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Heavy short
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Body temperature
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Slightly less than
normal
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Slightly above normal
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Normal
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Body weight
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Low
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Medium
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Heavy
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Endurance/Strength
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Low, Poor
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Fair
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High, Good
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Skin Condition
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Dry, rough, cold
and wrinkled
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Soft, oily,
delicate with moles and pigmentation
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Oily, pale,
moist and smooth
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Hair
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Dry, colour and curly, scanty
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Fine,
soft, associated with premature graying
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Oily, thick, dense, straight of wavy
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Teeth
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Large, protruding,
crooked (More cavities)
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Yellowish, moderate
(more discolored)
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White and large
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Eyes
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Small, black, or brown
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Green or Grey
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White, clear, moist
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Voice, Speech
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High pitched and fast,
missing words
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Medium pitched, sharp,
clear cut
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Low-pitched, slow
resonant, clear, melodious, monotonous
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Perspiration
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Seldom
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Very easily with foul
bad odour
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Normal
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Bowel Movements
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Dry, hard stools,
constipated, irregular, and less in Quantity
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Softly, oily loose
stools, regular evacuation
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Heavy solid stools,
regular evacuation
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Physical activity
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Restless, gets tired
Quickly
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Aggressive, focused
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Calm and steady
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Appetite, digestion
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Erratic
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Sharp hunger
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Mild hunger
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Ability to hold hunger
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Some time good, some
time poor
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Poor
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Very good
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Quantity of food
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Some time large, some
time poor
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Always large
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Normal
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Taste preferences
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Oily, heavy, warm,
sweet, salt, sour tastes
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Light, cold, sweet,
bitter, astringent
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Dry, light, hot, spicy, pungent, astringent
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Thirst
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Irregular
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Very Often
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Seldom
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Emotional State
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Fearful, anxious, insecure, unpredictable
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Aggressive, irritable, angry, quarreling
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Calm, agreeable, stubborn
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Mental tendencies
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Questions, postulates
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Judgmental, artistic
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Stable, logical
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Sleep pattern
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Short, disturbed sleep, lasting for 4-5 hours
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Sound, medium disturbed, lasting for 5-7 hours
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Deep, restful, prolonged, easy fall asleep, lasting for 8 hours
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Dreams while asleep
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Fear, flying, running
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Fire, emotional
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Of water (being near water areas)
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Sex urge
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Frequent
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Moderate
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Cyclical, infrequent
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Memory
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Short-term
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Good, but not prolonged
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Long-term
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Financial Behavior
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Spends quickly and unwisely
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Moderately saves and accumulates
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Saves a lot and accumulates
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Quantity of pulse
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Fast with abnormal beats
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Moderate, Jumping
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Slow and steady
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Pulse rate
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80-100 beats per minute
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70-80 bears per minute
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60-70 beats per minute
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(To take place two fingers on inside of wrist)
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Response when threatened
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Fearful, anxious, withdraws
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Angry, irritable, fights
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Indifferent, withdraws
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Cravings
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Dry, crunchy, snacks, salty sour food
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Greasy foods, spicy foods, iced drinks cold food
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Sweet, sticky desserts, smooth, creamy textures
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Food desired
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Warm foods
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Cold food
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Warm/ dry food
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Climate
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Loves sun, warmth, miserable, nervous in high winds dryness and cold, like wide open space
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Loves cool weather, irritable on heat and high humidity, likes being near lakes, oceans, rivers
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Loves warmth eg., sunshine, suffers in high humidity, cold, damp, not affected by weather, changes
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Sensitive to
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Noise, pain, cold drafts
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Heat, light, colours
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Touch and emotions
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Performance and activities
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Quickly with a lot of initiative
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Moderately medium initiative
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Very slow
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Excitability
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Quickly
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Very quickly
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Slowly
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Power to grasp
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Very fast
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Quick
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Slow
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Walk
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Very quick with swift movements
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Normal
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Slow and steady gait
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Tally up your Dosha composition numbers.
The
highest number is your primary composition/ nature. The second is your
secondary. Ideally you want to make lifestyle changes that bring your
third lowest into better balance with the other two. More information to
come on how...
*For now HERE is some information on Prakruthi, and the DOSHA compositions:
Vata, Pitha, and Kapha from Wikipedia.
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A dosha is one of three bodily humors that make up one's constitution according to Ayurveda. These teachings are also known as the Tridosha theory.
The central concept of Ayurveda medicine is the theory that health
exists when there is a balance between three fundamental bodily humours
or Doshas called Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
- Vāta or Vāyu
(wind) is the impulse principle necessary to mobilize the function of
the nervous system. It affects the windy humour, flatulence, gout,
rheumatism, etc.[1][2]
- Pitta (bile)
is the bilious humour, or that secreted between the stomach and bowels
and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and
skin; its chief quality is heat.[3] It is the energy principle which uses bile to direct digestion and hence metabolism.
- Kapha (phlegm) is the body fluid principle which relates to mucous, lubrication and the carrier of nutrients.
All Ayurveda physicians believe that these ancient ideas, based in
the knowledge discovered by the Rishis and Munis, exist in harmony with
physical reality. These Ayurveda concepts allow physicians to examine
the homeostasis of the whole system. People may be of a predominant Dosha prakruti (constitution), but all Doshas have the basic elements
within them.
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