Extensive commentary provided here for the material from:
Lad, Vasant, Dr., B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Volume 1, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Ayurvedic Press, 2001, 335 Pages, ISBN-10: 1883725070. ISBN-13: 978-1883725075 (800-863-7721 or 505-291-9698) www.Ayurveda.com, www.amazon.com/gp/product/1883725070/ref=ase_medicinebuddh-20 By Vasant D. Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. This textbook conveys the philosophical and fundamental principles of Ayurveda in a dynamic and inspirational way, providing a detailed foundation upon which to pursue deeper knowledge. www.ayurveda.com/products/books.html
Qualities:
Slightly unctuous (sashneha), hot (ushna), sharp (tikshna), liquid (drava), sour
(amla), mobile (sara) and pungent (katu).
Source:
Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 1#60
Normal functions in the body: vision, digestion, heat, hunger, thirst, softness in body, complexion, luster, cheerfulness and intellect (Buddhi). prowess, exhilaration, clarity Source: Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 12#11, Source: Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 18#50
Aggravating Tastes:
sour (amla),
salty (lavana), pungent (katu)
Source: Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana Measurement Section 1#6
Characteristics in
Vitiation:
heat, sharpness, fluidity, slight unctuousness (as an example, facial acne is
slightly
oily), yellow, orange and red colors, fishy smell (visram), pungent (katu) and
sour (amla) taste (rasa) and movability (i.e., a tumor may be movable versus
fixed; also, symptoms although precise may spread [not scatter] versus stay in
one location). Also seen in the parts it enters into: burning, heat,
inflammation, perspiration, moisture, sloughing, itching, discharge, redness,
along with the appearance of respective smell, color and taste.
Source: Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 20#15, Source: Charaka
Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 12#11
Locations in the
body: sweat,
chyle, lymph (rasa is predominantly kapha), blood (rakta dhatu), and especially
the stomach (ama-shaya)
Source: Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 20#8
40 Pitta Disorders:
heating, scorching, burning, intense burning, fuming, hyperacidity (amla-pitta),
burning in the stomach and esophagus, internal burning, burning in scapular
region, pyrexia, over-perspiration, foul smell in body (visram), tearing of body
parts, excessive moisture in blood (possibly uremic conditions), moistening of
muscles, burning in skin, tearing of skin, thickening of skin (scleroderma),
urticaria patches, pustules, internal hemorrhage, hemorrhagic patches,
greenishness, yellowness, bluishness, herpes, jaundice, bitterness in mouth
(tikta rasa), bloody smell from mouth, fetid smell form mouth (visram),
excessive thirst, loss of contentment (always overly passionate and
over-enthusiastic and hence never satisfied - raga-kama klesha), stomatitis,
inflammation in throat, inflammation in eyes, inflammation in anus, inflammation
in penis, discharge of pure blood, fainting (vata pushing pitta), green or
yellow color in eyes, urine and feces.
Source: Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 20#14
Treatment
for Pitta:
"Pitta is pacified immediately by substances opposite to it’s own qualities."
-Source:
Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 1#60
"Sweet, bitter, astringent and cold measures and application of unction (snehana), purgation (virechana), pasting (lepa), bath, massage (abhyanga), etc. which alleviate pitta."
Benefit of Purgation (Virechana):
Purgation is the best,
because it removes the source of Pitta quite effectively. An analogy: In a wood
stove, when we remove the fire from it’s fire-chamber, the stove surely becomes
cold. Source:
Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 20#16
Ghee is also a top remedy for Pitta.
Source:
Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana Measurement Section 1#13
Pitta is hot,
sharp, liquid, of fleshy smell, sour and pungent. Because of these qualities,
Pitta has these attributes: Hotness -- intolerant to heat, having hot
face, delicate and fair organs, plenty of moles, freckles, black moles and
pimples, excessive hunger and thirst, early appearance of wrinkles, graying and
falling out of hear hairs, mostly soft, sparse, and brown beard-mustaches.
Sharpness -- sharp prowess, intense fire, taking plenty of food and drink,
lack of endurance, frequently eating liquidity lax and soft joints and muscles,
excess secretion of sweat, urine and feces. Visram -- fleshy smell
excessive fetid smell in axilla, mouth, head and body. Pungency and sourness
-- little semen, little sexual act, and few progeny (compared to Kapha).
Because of the presence of all of these qualities, Pitta persons having
predominance in Pitta are: moderate in strength, life-span, knowledge,
understanding, wealth, means.
Source:
Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana Measurement Section 8#97
(Source: Lad Textbook, 2001: p. 90, The Four Varieties of Agni - Chapter Four)
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