Dhatu Poshana in the Bhavaprakasha: How Rasa Becomes Rakta, Mamsa and Shukra - the Kedari-Kulya Verse and the Five-Day Dhatu Clock

The short version Everyone who reads Ayurveda learns the list of seven dhatus — Rasa, Rakta, Mamsa, Meda, Asthi, Majja,...

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Mamsa Peshi, Meda and Asthi in the Bhavaprakasha: The Five Hundred Muscles, the Fat That Gathers at the Belly and the Bones That Outlast the Body (Dhatu Prakarana)

Quick Summary After naming the five vatas, five pittas and five kaphas, the Bhavaprakasha’s Purva Khanda walks deeper into the...

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Pachaka, Ranjaka, Sadhaka, Alochaka, Bhrajaka: The Five Pittas of the Bhavaprakasha — and the Classical Debate on Whether Pitta Is the Body's Fire (Agni)

Quick Summary Classical Ayurveda does not speak of pitta as one thing. The Bhavaprakasha, in its Dosha Prakarana, gives the...

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