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<div style='text-align:justify;'>Kapha dosha controls [[Sharira|body]] fluids and maintains the structural cohesion of the organism. It is one of the three [[Dosha|dosha]]. It is responsible for cohesiveness, unctuousness, lubricity, stability, and immunity. Kapha dosha has dominance of [[Prithvi mahabhuta|prithvi]] and [[Jala mahabhuta|jala mahabhuta]].[Code:SAT-B.414]<ref name="ref1">National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal by Ministry of AYUSH Available on http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/Ayurveda</ref> The concept of kapha is the foundation for growth, preservation, and anabolism theories.</div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Kapha dosha controls [[Sharira|body]] fluids and maintains the structural cohesion of the organism. It is one of the three [[Dosha|dosha]]. It is responsible for cohesiveness, unctuousness, lubricity, stability, and immunity. Kapha dosha has dominance of [[Prithvi mahabhuta|prithvi]] and [[Jala mahabhuta|jala mahabhuta]].[Code:SAT-B.414]<ref name="ref1">National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal by Ministry of AYUSH Available on http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/Ayurveda</ref> The concept of kapha is the foundation for growth, preservation, and anabolism theories.</p>
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|title = Contributors
|title = Contributors
|data2 = Bhojani M. K. <sup>1</sup>,<br/>Tanwar Ankur Kumar <sup>1</sup>
|data2 = Bhojani M. K. <sup>1</sup>,<br/>Tanwar Ankur Kumar <sup>1</sup>
|label3 = Reviewer
|label3 = Reviewer
|data3 = Basisht G.<sup>2</sup>,
|data3 = [[Gopal Basisht|Basisht G.]]<sup>2</sup>,
|label4 = Editor
|label4 = Editor
|data4 = Deole Y.S.<sup>3</sup>
|data4 = [[Yogesh Deole|Deole Y.S.]]<sup>3</sup>
|label5 = Affiliations
|label5 = Affiliations
|data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Sharir Kriya, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India <br/><sup>2</sup> Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. <br/><sup>3</sup>Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
|data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Sharir Kriya, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India <br/><sup>2</sup> Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. <br/><sup>3</sup>Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
=== Acquired factors: ===
=== Acquired factors: ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Acquired factors are those which increase and aggravate kapha dosha other than natural factors. These are avoidable and used in clinical practice by applying the concept of [[Samanya Vishesha Theory|samanya vishesha siddhanta]]. These factors are as follows: [Su.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 21/23-24]<ref name="ref3"/> [A.Hr. Nidana Sthana 1/17-18]<ref name="ref8"/>
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Acquired factors are those which increase and aggravate kapha dosha other than natural factors. These are avoidable and used in clinical practice by applying the concept of [[Samanya Vishesha Theory|samanya vishesha siddhanta]]. These factors are as follows: [Su.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 21/23-24]<ref name="ref3"/> [A.Hr. Nidana Sthana 1/17-18]<ref name="ref8"/>
<ul><li style="font-weight:bold">Diet([[Dravya|dravya]]) and properties of diet: <span style="font-weight:normal">Food with [[Madhura|sweet(madhura)]], [[Amla|sour(amla)]] and [[Lavana|salt(lavana)]] taste, heavy-to-digest food, slimy, unctuous food articles and excessive intake of water cause kapha vitiation.</span></li>
<ul><li style="font-weight:bold">Diet ([[Dravya|dravya]]) and properties of diet: <span style="font-weight:normal">Food with [[Madhura|sweet(madhura)]], [[Amla|sour(amla)]] and [[Lavana|salt(lavana)]] taste, heavy-to-digest food, slimy, unctuous food articles and excessive intake of water cause kapha vitiation. The common examples of these foods are pickles, sour fruits, curd, dairy sweets, freeze cold items, milk products, oily and deep fried food items.</span> </li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Lifestyle and other activities: <span style="font-weight:normal">Daytime sleep (diwaswapna), lack of exercise(avyayama), drinking water at night(nisha ambupana), mixing wholesome and unwholesome together (samashana) and over eating before digestion of previous meals(adhyashana), etc. [Su.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 21/23-24]<ref name="ref3"/> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Lifestyle and other activities: <span style="font-weight:normal">Daytime sleep (diwaswapna), lack of exercise (a[[vyayama]]), drinking water at night(nisha ambupana), mixing wholesome and unwholesome together (samashana) and over eating before digestion of previous meals (adhyashana), etc. [Su.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 21/23-24]<ref name="ref3"/> </span></li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Emotional and behavior factors: <span style="font-weight:normal">pleasure(harsha). </span></li></ul></div>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Emotional and behavior factors: <span style="font-weight:normal">pleasure (harsha), procrastination, laziness, excess sleep, lack of mental activities. </span></li></ul></div>
== Clinical aspects ==
== Clinical aspects ==