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svamAnAtiriktAH punarutsargiNaH shItoShNaparyAyaguNaishcopacaryamANA malAH sharIraDhātusAmyakarAH samupalabhyante||4||  

svamAnAtiriktAH punarutsargiNaH shItoShNaparyAyaguNaishcopacaryamANA malAH sharIraDhātusAmyakarAH samupalabhyante||4||  

The food gets transformed into two forms i.e. ''prasada'' or essence form (''ahara rasa'') and ''kitta'' (the waste form). The ''kitta'' part nourishes the mala or excretory products like sweat, urine, stool, ''vata, pitta, kapha,'' excreta of the ear, nose, mouth, hair follicle, genital organs, hair, beard, body hair, nails, etc. The essence part or ''ahara rasa'' nourishes ''rasa'' (body fluids), ''rakta'' (blood), mamsa (flesh), medas (fat), asthi (bone), majja (bone marrow), shukra (reproductive elements like semen and ovum), ojas (essence of sapta dhatus), basic components of five sense organs, joints, ligaments, tendons and mucilage part in the body. All the malas (wastes) and dhatu (tissue elements) of the body are nourished by the waste part of food and essence of food or ahara rasa respectively. The rasadi dhatus and malas or waste products are nourished so that the quality is maintained according to size and age of the body. Thus, after digestion, the essence and waste of food in their normal quantity maintain the equilibrium of tissues. The tissue elements may increase or decrease due to some etiology, which can be normalized by the essence part of digested food in decreased or increased quantity. Similarly, malas can be transformed into the waste part of ahara rasa. The waste products, when in excess, can be excreted and the status of the body can be brought to an equilibrium through treatments with the therapies having opposite qualities like hot, cold, etc. [4]

The food gets transformed into two forms i.e. ''prasada'' or essence form (''ahara rasa'') and ''kitta'' (the waste form). The ''kitta'' part nourishes the mala or excretory products like sweat, urine, stool, ''vata, pitta, kapha,'' excreta of the ear, nose, mouth, hair follicle, genital organs, hair, beard, body hair, nails, etc. The essence part or ''ahara rasa'' nourishes ''rasa'' (body fluids), ''rakta'' (blood), ''mamsa'' (flesh), ''medas'' (fat), ''asthi'' (bone), ''majja'' (bone marrow), ''shukra'' (reproductive elements like semen and ovum), ''ojas'' (essence of the seven fundamental tissue elements, or the ''sapta dhatus''), basic components of five sense organs, joints, ligaments, tendons and mucilage part in the body. All the ''malas'' (wastes) and ''dhatu'' (tissue elements) of the body are nourished by the waste part of food and essence of food or ''ahara rasa'' respectively. The ''rasadi dhatus'' and ''malas'' or waste products are nourished so that the quality is maintained according to size and age of the body. Thus, after digestion, the essence and waste of food in their normal quantity maintain the equilibrium of tissues. The tissue elements may increase or decrease due to some etiology, which can be normalized by the essence part of digested food in decreased or increased quantity. Similarly, ''malas'' can be transformed into the waste part of ''ahara rasa''. The waste products, when in excess, can be excreted and the status of the body can be brought to an equilibrium through treatments with the therapies having opposite qualities like hot, cold, etc. [4]

==== Channels for the nourishment of tissues ====

==== Channels for the nourishment of tissues ====