Category: S

Smaller veins arising from the midrib (midvein), or from the major veins, of a leaf.  

A detailed surgical text written c.100–500CE by the great Susruta.  

The reproductive system relating to sexual function; sperm in men, ova in women.  

The channels that carry nutrients, prana, tissues and wastes around the body. They interlink the body as a network of tubes. Srotamsi is plural – ’channels’ – and srotas is singular – ’channel’.  

The aspect of kapha that lubricates and protects the joints.  

The philosophical system from which Ayurveda draws the cosmological understanding of matter and evolution.  

One of the aspects of vata responsible for regulating the flow of prana in the middle of the abdomen. This helps to support the digestive process.  

The aspect of pitta that lives in the heart and is responsible for awareness and intelligence.  

A type of minute parasitic microorganism.  

Oral hypoglycemic agent that stimulates the pancreas to produce insulin. Any of a group of drugs which lower blood sugar, used in the treatment of diabetes. Any of a group of drugs, including tolazamide and tolbutamide, that reduce the level of glucose in the blood and are used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. One…