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<div style='text-align:justify;'>A person with a normal state of kapha dosha constitution (prakritakapha), should avoid diet and lifestyle vitiating kapha.</div>
 
<div style='text-align:justify;'>A person with a normal state of kapha dosha constitution (prakritakapha), should avoid diet and lifestyle vitiating kapha.</div>
 
=== Stages of dosha: ===
 
=== 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 the normal state, perform their normal functions.</div>  
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<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|dosha]] functioning ([[Karma|karma]]) can be used to understand [[Dosha|dosha]] increase and decline in the [[Sharira|body]]. [[Dosha|Dosha]], when increased, produce their respective features in excess; when decreased, cut off their functions, and when in the normal state, perform their normal functions.</div>  
    
=== 13.2.1Hyperfunctioning of kapha(vridhilakshana): ===
 
=== 13.2.1Hyperfunctioning of kapha(vridhilakshana): ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Whenkapha levels increase, the body exhibits various signs and symptoms as below: [Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 15/13]<ref name="ref3"/>, [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 11/7-8]<ref name="ref8"/>, [A.S. Sutra Sthana 19/5]<ref name="ref5"/>:  
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<div style='text-align:justify;'>When kapha levels increase, the [[Sharira|body]] exhibits various signs and symptoms as below: [Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 15/13]<ref name="ref3"/>, [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana 11/7-8]<ref name="ref8"/>, [A.S. Sutra Sthana 19/5]<ref name="ref5"/>:  
 
<ul><li>Whitish coloration of skin(shaukalaya) </li>
 
<ul><li>Whitish coloration of skin(shaukalaya) </li>
 
<li>A feeling of coldness (shaityam) </li>
 
<li>A feeling of coldness (shaityam) </li>
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<li>Depression (avasada) </li>
 
<li>Depression (avasada) </li>
 
<li>Drowsiness(tandra) </li>
 
<li>Drowsiness(tandra) </li>
<li>Sleepiness(nidra or atinidrata) </li>
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<li>Sleepiness([[Nidra|nidra]] or atinidrata) </li>
 
<li>Lack of firmness in joints(sandhivishlesha) </li>
 
<li>Lack of firmness in joints(sandhivishlesha) </li>
 
<li>Low digestive capacity (agnisadana) </li>
 
<li>Low digestive capacity (agnisadana) </li>
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<li>Laziness(alasya) </li>
 
<li>Laziness(alasya) </li>
 
<li>Flaccidity (slathangatvam or angasada) </li>
 
<li>Flaccidity (slathangatvam or angasada) </li>
<li>Dyspnea (shwasa) </li>
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<li>Dyspnea ([[Shwasa|shwasa]]) </li>
<li>Cough(kasa) </li>
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<li>Cough([[Kasa Chikitsa|kasa]]) </li>
 
<li>Obesity(sthaulya) </li>
 
<li>Obesity(sthaulya) </li>
 
<li>Blockage of natural passages(srotapidana) </li>
 
<li>Blockage of natural passages(srotapidana) </li>
<li>Syncope (murchha) </li>
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<li>Syncope (murchha) </li>
 
<li>Nausea (hrillasa) </li></ul></div>
 
<li>Nausea (hrillasa) </li></ul></div>
    
=== Hypo functioning of kapha (kshayalakshana): ===
 
=== Hypo functioning of kapha (kshayalakshana): ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>When kaphadosha levels in the body are declining, the body exhibits various signs and symptoms as described 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"/>  
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<div style='text-align:justify;'>When kaphadosha levels in the [[Sharira|body]] are declining, the [[Sharira|body]] exhibits various signs and symptoms as described 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>Dryness (rukshata)</li>  
 
<ul><li>Dryness (rukshata)</li>  
 
<li>Burning sensation in the body(antardaha) </li>
 
<li>Burning sensation in the body(antardaha) </li>
<li>Emptiness in all sites of kaphaespecially stomach(amashyaitrashleshmashyashunyta) </li>
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<li>Emptiness in all sites of kapha especially stomach(amashyaitrashleshmashyashunyta) </li>
 
<li>Flaccid joints(sandhi shaithilya) </li>
 
<li>Flaccid joints(sandhi shaithilya) </li>
<li>Thirst (trishna) </li>
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<li>Thirst ([[Trishna Chikitsa|trishna]]) </li>
 
<li>Weakness (daurbalya) </li>
 
<li>Weakness (daurbalya) </li>
 
<li>Loss of sleep (prajagarana or anidra) </li>
 
<li>Loss of sleep (prajagarana or anidra) </li>
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=== Diagnosis: ===
 
=== Diagnosis: ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>The state ofkapha dosha can be diagnosed and assessed based on clinical features. The most common clinical features of kapha dosha are unctuousness (sneha), whitishness(shwetya), coldness(shaitya), itching(kandu), heaviness(gaurava), chronicity (chirkaritvam), accumulation (upachaya), numbness(supti). [Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana20/15] [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/45]<ref name="ref9"/> <br/>Forty types of diseases due to an imbalance of kaphadosha(kaphananatmajavyadhi) occur, as below [Cha.Sa. SutraSthana 20/17] [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/42-43]<ref name="ref9"/> (Table 02)</div>
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<div style='text-align:justify;'>The state of kapha dosha can be diagnosed and assessed based on clinical features. The most common clinical features of kapha dosha are unctuousness (sneha), whitishness(shwetya), coldness(shaitya), itching(kandu), heaviness(gaurava), chronicity (chirkaritvam), accumulation (upachaya), numbness(supti). [Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana20/15] [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/45]<ref name="ref9"/> <br/>Forty types of [[Vyadhi|diseases]] due to an imbalance of kaphadosha(kaphananatmajavyadhi) occur, as below [Cha.Sa. SutraSthana 20/17] [K.S. Sutra Sthana 27/42-43]<ref name="ref9"/> (Table 02)</div>
 
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|+ Table 02: 20 types of disease of kapha (kaphananatmajavikara)<ref name="ref10">Byadgi P.S., Saini N..MaharogaAdhyaya. In: Kar A.C., Rai S., Deole Y.S., Basisht G., eds. Charak Samhita New Edition. 1st ed. Jamnagar, Ind: CSRTSDC; 2020. https://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/mediawiki-1.32.1/index.php?title=Maharoga_Adhyaya&oldid=41150. Accessed November 14, 2022.</ref>
 
|+ Table 02: 20 types of disease of kapha (kaphananatmajavikara)<ref name="ref10">Byadgi P.S., Saini N..MaharogaAdhyaya. In: Kar A.C., Rai S., Deole Y.S., Basisht G., eds. Charak Samhita New Edition. 1st ed. Jamnagar, Ind: CSRTSDC; 2020. https://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/mediawiki-1.32.1/index.php?title=Maharoga_Adhyaya&oldid=41150. Accessed November 14, 2022.</ref>

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