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<li style="font-weight: bold;">Dhamani: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Dhamani</i> carries the essence of digested food (<i>rasa</i>) all over the body and maintains the nutrition (<i>poshana</i>).</span></li></ol>
 
<li style="font-weight: bold;">Dhamani: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Dhamani</i> carries the essence of digested food (<i>rasa</i>) all over the body and maintains the nutrition (<i>poshana</i>).</span></li></ol>
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== Other sites of prana ==
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<p style="text-align:justify;">There are ten principal seats in which the life forces (prana) are established. The two temples (shankha), the three vital organs including heart (hridaya), the head region mainly brain (shira), the bladder including kidneys (basti), throat (kantha), rakta dhatu (blood), shukra dhatu (reproductive fluid), oja (the vital fluid) and the anus. [Cha.Sa.Sutra Sthana 29/3] These ten sites are related to pranavaha srotasa. The disorders affecting these sites cause vitiation of pranavaha srotasa.</p>
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== Causes of abnormalities (pranavaha srotas dushti nidana): ==
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Wasting or degeneration of tissues (kshaya),  suppression of natural urges (sandharana),  excess exertion(vyayama), excess hunger (kshudhita), excessive dryness (ruksha), exposure to cold (sheeta) in lifestyle and dietary pattern with harmful regimens lead to abnormalities to pranavaha srotas.<ref name="ref6"></ref> Suppression of thirst (pipasa dharana) also leads to vitiation of pranavaha srotasa.  </p>
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== Clinical features of pranavaha srotas vitiation ==
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There are four kinds of abnormalities in the functioning of srotas. These features can be observed as follows: