Category: V

Promotes venous circulation.  

The quality of vata that is responsible for spreading outwards. It regulates the circulation, nervous system and all joint movements.  

A condition of excess in the humours, tissues or wastes.  

To disturb the function or structure of a dosa, dhatu or mala.  

The nature of the digestive fire when it is erratic; sometimes digesting well and at others not digesting efficiently. Common in vata disorders.  

The energetics of a herb: hot or cold.  

The post-digestive energetic effect of the tastes.  

The current state of a person’s health or the present state of imbalance, as opposed to the prakrti, which is the life-long constitution.  

A surgical procedure that removes the contents of the vitreous chamber of the eye. A surgical operation to remove some or all of the vitreous humour of the eye. Removing the vitreous humor and replacing it with a synthetic substitute. A surgical procedure in which the normally clear, jellylike liquid (vitreous) inside the eye is…

Lateral movement of one of the ventricles of the brain to one side caused by pressure on the other side.