| Excessive exercising, fasting, worrying, fear, grief, taking dry, scanty and limited meals, dry beverages, exposure to wind and sun, insomnia, excessive excretion of mucus, blood, semen and excretions, adverse season or old age, major mental illness (''Bhuta-Upaghāta'') are the general causative factors for ''kshaya'' (depletion) of ''ojas'' [76-77] | | Excessive exercising, fasting, worrying, fear, grief, taking dry, scanty and limited meals, dry beverages, exposure to wind and sun, insomnia, excessive excretion of mucus, blood, semen and excretions, adverse season or old age, major mental illness (''Bhuta-Upaghāta'') are the general causative factors for ''kshaya'' (depletion) of ''ojas'' [76-77] |
| Excessive taking of heavy, unctuous, sour, and salty articles, eating of newly harvested cereals and newly prepared wines/drinks, excessive sleep, sedentary habits, avoidance of exercise or thinking/worry and not doing ''śhodhana'' (purification) lead to excessive increase in ''kapha, pitta, meda'' and ''mamsa''. These obstruct the pathways of ''vata'' leading to ''aavrita vata'' condition. Thus, provoked ''vata'' takes out ''ojas'' from its sites and brings it to ''basti'' causing ''madhumeha'' which is difficult to treat [78-80] | | Excessive taking of heavy, unctuous, sour, and salty articles, eating of newly harvested cereals and newly prepared wines/drinks, excessive sleep, sedentary habits, avoidance of exercise or thinking/worry and not doing ''śhodhana'' (purification) lead to excessive increase in ''kapha, pitta, meda'' and ''mamsa''. These obstruct the pathways of ''vata'' leading to ''aavrita vata'' condition. Thus, provoked ''vata'' takes out ''ojas'' from its sites and brings it to ''basti'' causing ''madhumeha'' which is difficult to treat [78-80] |