Kilasamapi kusthavikalpa eva, tat trividham vaten, pitten, shleshman:, cheti | kusthakilasyorantaram twaggatamev kilasamparistravi ch || su ni 5/17 Shwitra the common depigmentation disorder described among the varieties of Kustha in Ayurvedic classics Shwitra is a dermatological disorder having its references in the vedas. It is caused by the imbalance of all three doshas (vata, pitta, kapha) vitiating rakta,...

Ayurveda Concepts of Asthi Majja kshaya. “Dosa dhatu mala mulam hi sariram.” Ch sutra, with this concise sloka from the Charaka Samhita (c. 200 BC), Ayurveda reveals the healthy human body as the dynamically balanced state of dosha, dhatu and mala (bioenergies, tissues and wastes).  This same point is further elaborated on by Acharya Sushruta...