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| <li style="font-weight: bold;">Lifestyle and other activities: <span style="font-weight:normal">Fasting (upavasa), overstrain (ayasa) and excessive sexual indulgence (maithuna upgamana)</span></li> | | <li style="font-weight: bold;">Lifestyle and other activities: <span style="font-weight:normal">Fasting (upavasa), overstrain (ayasa) and excessive sexual indulgence (maithuna upgamana)</span></li> |
| <li style="font-weight: bold;">Emotional and behavior factors: <span style="font-weight:normal">Anger(krodha), sorrow(shoka), and fear(bhaya). </span></li></ul></div> | | <li style="font-weight: bold;">Emotional and behavior factors: <span style="font-weight:normal">Anger(krodha), sorrow(shoka), and fear(bhaya). </span></li></ul></div> |
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| + | == Clinical aspects == |
| + | <div style='text-align:justify;'>'''Preventive aspect:''' A person with pitta dominant body constitution should avoid the diet and lifestyle mentioned above to maintain equilibrium and healthy status. </div> |
| + | === Stages of dosha: === |
| + | <div style='text-align:justify;'>Dosha continues to exist in three states: hypofunction (kshaya), hyperfunction (vriddhi), and normal physiological state (sama). [Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana17/110]Increase and reduction in dosha functioning (karma) can be used to understand dosha increase and decline in the body.Dosha, when increased, produce their respective features in excess; when decreased, cut off their functions and when in normal state, they perform their normal functions. </div> |
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| + | === Hyperfunctioning of pitta (vriddhi lakshana): === |
| + | <div style='text-align:justify;'>When pitta levels increase, the body exhibits various signs and symptoms as stated below: [Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 15/13]<ref name="ref2"/>, [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 11/7]<ref name="ref8"/>, [A.S. Sutra Sthana 19/5]<ref name="ref5"/>: |
| + | <ul><li>Yellowish coloration of stool(purisha), urine(mutra), eyes(netra) and skin(twacha). </li> |
| + | <li>Increased hunger (kshudha) </li> |
| + | <li>Increased thirst (trishna) </li> |
| + | <li>Burning sensation(daha) </li> |
| + | <li>Less sleep(alpanidrata) </li> |
| + | <li>Fainting (glani) </li> |
| + | <li>Weakness of senses or inability to work properly(indriya daurbalya) </li> |
| + | <li>Vitiation of essence(ojovisramsa) </li> |
| + | <li>Desire for cold(shitaabhilasha) </li> |
| + | <li>Bitter feeling in mouth(tiktasyata) </li> |
| + | <li>Giddiness(murchha) </li> |
| + | <li>Excessive anger(krodhi) </li> |
| + | <li>Less strength(balahani) </li></ul></div> |
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| + | === Hypofunctioning of pitta (kshaya lakshana): === |
| + | <div style='text-align:justify;'>When pitta levels decline, the body exhibits various signs and symptoms as below: [Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana15/7]<ref name="ref3"/>, [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana11/16]<ref name="ref8"/>, [A.S. Sutra Sthana19/8]<ref name="ref5"/> |
| + | <ul><li>Poor digestive capacity and decreased digestive functions (mandaanala) </li> |
| + | <li>Coldness(shita) </li> |
| + | <li>Loss of skin luster (prabha hani) </li> |
| + | <li>Stiffness(stambha) </li> |
| + | <li>Pricking pain(toda) </li> |
| + | <li>Less desire of food(arochaka) </li> |
| + | <li>Excessive coarseness on the body(angaparushya) </li> |
| + | <li>Tremors(kampa) </li> |
| + | <li>Heaviness in body(gaurav) </li> |
| + | <li>Whitish coloration of eyes, nails etc.(nakha-nayana shaukalayadi) </li></ul></div> |
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