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Samana vata is said to live in the abdomen (stomach and intestines), to help kindle the digestive fire, hence its name agnisakha (companion of fire), and to digest food.

Samana vata lives in the abdomen (stomach and intestines), is called the companion of the digestive fire and digests food; when deranged it causes weak digestion, diarrhoea, intestinal…

Apana vata is said to live in the bladder region and the colon and to expel stool, urine, semen, menstrual blood and the foetus at the proper time.

Apana vata lives in the bladder region and the colon and expels stool, urine, semen, menstrual blood and the foetus at their proper time; aggravated, it causes serious diseases of the anus…

The introduction says the gross dhātus appear in increasing order as animal bodies become more complex: some creatures have only rasa and rakta, some rasa, rakta and māṁsa, and some rasa,…

The introduction says the secret of treatment is to perform the particular action by which the body's dhātus return to balance (a footnote quotes Caraka Sūtra to this effect); the whole…

The introduction says every medical system rests on an account of how the body works in health and how it is disordered in disease, and that in Ayurveda the body is made of the three…

Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…

Vāyu, which moves through the whole body, resides especially in the buttocks, waist, groin and private parts; by its nature it carries the doshas and tissues to their places, and when…