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==== Formation of the seven ''dhatus'' ====
==== Formation of the seven ''dhatus'' ====
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''Rasa, rakta, mamsa, meda, asthi, majja'' and ''shukra'' are the seven fundamental entities that sustain the human body. These can be called ‘tissues’ for the sake of convenience, though some of them are not tissues in a strict sense. It will be pertinent to look into these individual entities at this stage to understand what they really are in terms of anatomy. [ ]
Rasa, rakta, mamsa, meda, asthi, majja'' and ''shukra'' are the seven fundamental entities that sustain the human body. These can be called ‘tissues’ for the sake of convenience, though some of them are not tissues in a strict sense. It will be pertinent to look into these individual entities at this stage to understand what they really are in terms of anatomy. [ ]
''Rasa'': A colorless fluid that gets ejected out of the heart and nourishes the entire body.
''Rasa'': A colorless fluid that gets ejected out of the heart and nourishes the entire body.
''Shukra'': The term ''shukra'' has been described to be of two forms in Ayurveda textbooks:
''Shukra'': The term ''shukra'' has been described to be of two forms in Ayurveda textbooks:
#The one that is ejaculated during the process of mating, which is responsible for fertilization of ovum and thus embryogenesis, #The one that is formed from ''majja'' (the tissue that fills the bony cavities) which in turn circulates all over the body both in males and females. Reproduction is the function of this second form of ''shukra'' too. Therefore, on careful examination, it seems that the first form of ''shukra'' stands for the semen in general and for sperms in particular; and, the second form of ''shukra'' stands for hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis of hormones that circulate all over the body.
#The one that is ejaculated during the process of mating, which is responsible for fertilization of ovum and thus embryogenesis.
#The one that is formed from ''majja'' (the tissue that fills the bony cavities) which in turn circulates all over the body both in males and females. Reproduction is the function of this second form of ''shukra'' too. Therefore, on careful examination, it seems that the first form of ''shukra'' stands for the semen in general and for sperms in particular; and, the second form of ''shukra'' stands for hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis of hormones that circulate all over the body.
==== The process of nourishment of dhatu ====
==== The process of nourishment of dhatu ====