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==Importance in preservation of health and prevention: ==

==Importance in preservation of health and prevention: ==

Disequilibrium of dhatu is disease and their equilibrium is health. Health is termed as happiness, while disorder as unhappiness.[Cha.Sa. Sutra sthana 9/4]

Disequilibrium of dhatu is disease and their equilibrium is health. Health is termed as happiness, while disorder as unhappiness.[Cha.Sa. Sutra sthana 9/4]

In a state of equilibrium of dhatu, diseases are prevented, tissue elements develop properly and ageing process slows down [Cha.Sa. Sutra sthana 7/49].

In a state of equilibrium of dhatu, diseases are prevented, tissue elements develop properly and ageing process slows down [Cha.Sa. Sutra sthana 7/49].

==Importance in management of Disease==

==Importance in management of Disease==

• While treating the conditions like dhatukshaya or dhatuvrudhi, the principles of “samanya and vishesha” are applied.For example, the mamsa dhatu get increased predominantly with the consumption of meat, rakta by rakta, meda by fat, vasa by muscle fat, asthi by tarunasthi(cartilage), shukra by shukra(semen) and garbha(fetus) by ama garbha, like egg. [Cha. Sa.Sharirasthana 6/10]

• While treating the conditions like dhatukshaya or dhatuvrudhi, the principles of “samanya and vishesha” are applied.For example, the mamsa dhatu get increased predominantly with the consumption of meat, rakta by rakta, meda by fat, vasa by muscle fat, asthi by tarunasthi(cartilage), shukra by shukra(semen) and garbha(fetus) by ama garbha, like egg. [Cha. Sa.Sharirasthana 6/10]