Volume : X, Issue : VII, July - 2020

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF KLEDAKA KAPHA OF AYURVEDA IN THE MODERN PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Dr. Mula Ram Suthar, Dr. Rakesh Roushan

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Ayurveda a traditional system of Indian medicine, the main aim of this system is to maintain the health of a healthy person and cure the disease of diseased. In Ayurveda health is a state where the Dosha, Agni, Dhatu, mala, all the physiological processes of the body are in homeostatic state and soul, sense organ and mind are in a state of total wellbeing. The theory of Tridosha is unique to Ayurveda. The term dosha in Sanskrit means the regulatory functional factors of the body. It is three doshas– Vata, Pitta, and Kapha are said to be responsible for maintenance of homeostasis in the body; and health is nothing but a state of equiliium of these tridosha. These Dosha also determine the psycho–physiological constitution of an individual. Doṣha are able of vitiating the different bodily tissues, when deviating from the state of equiliium and can lead to diseases. Kapha dosha are heavy, dense, cold, soft, unctuous, sweet, immobile and slimy in their property. There are five subtypes of kapha, namely avalambaka, kledaka, bodhaka, tarpaka, kledaka, bodhaka and Sleshaka. Kledaka kapha is situated in the stomach. This kapha is responsible for softening the food and eaking its complexity. The functions of kledaka kapha can be compared as per modern medical science. Very few works have been achieved on the conceptual features of kapha. In this article, an attempt has been made to correlate the physiological activity of kledaka kapha with special reference to gastrointestinal physiology. For this study, the basic materials have been collected from the Ayurvedic classics with the available commentaries, as well as textbooks of contemporary science have been referred for a better understanding of the concept and its evaluation with contemporary science

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A CRITICAL REVIEW OF KLEDAKA KAPHA OF AYURVEDA IN THE MODERN PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, Dr. Mula Ram Suthar, Dr. Rakesh Roushan INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-7 | July-2020


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