VAATA DOSHA - A REAL FACTOR IN PHYSIOLOGY OF BODY

 VATA OR VAATA DOSHA 

VAA GATI GANDHANYO --- SUSHRUTA SAMHITA SUTRA STHAAN 15….

GATI – MOVEMENT, GANDHAN MEANS – continuous effort, preservance, diffusion, intimation or information

AVYAHAT GATI YASAYA --- CHARAK CHIKITSAA CHAPTER 28 – ALL THE FACTORS, PRINCIPLES AND REASONS (SEEN OR UNSEEN) WHICH RESULT IN MOVEMENT IN THE BODY AT ANY LEVEL (AT BODY LEVEL, ORGAN LEVEL, TISSUE LEVEL, CELLULAR LEVEL, CHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR LEVEL)

--- Important place of manifestation --- PAKWADHAANAM, ASHTAANG HRIDYA SUTRA STHAAN 11

--- Characteristics of vata----SUSHRUT NIDAAN STHAAN CHAPTER 1

SWAYAMBHUV – self generating

SWATANTRAYAAT – independently generating

NITYABHAAVAAT – eternal and constantly active

SARVGATWAAT -- all pervasive

AVYAKTA VYAKTA KARMA – Invisible by the eyes, understood by                                                                         performance

UTPATTI STHITI VINAASHESHU BHUTANAAM KARNAM

TIRYAK GATI – movement by contractions and relaxations

SHABDA SPARSH GUNA YUKTA – auditory and tactile virtues are                                                                          manifested through this

ACHINTYA VIRYA – immeasurable potency

ASHUKAARI – acting quickly

MUHUSHCHAARI – acting repeatedly

VATA CAN BE MENIFESTED THROUGH---IT INCLUDES ALL THE SUBSTANCES, GASES & MEDIUMS THAT REGULATE (CONTROL & INHIBIT), PERFORM & MAINTAIN THE VITAL FUNCTIONS OF THE BODY e.g. RESPIRATION, CONTROL OF SECRETIONS, SPEECH, THINKING ETC.ETC. THEY MAY INCLUDE-----
OXYGEN, CARBONDIOXIDE, NITROGEN, OTHER GASES, NITRIC OXIDE, AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, NERVE IMPULSE, NEUROTRNSMITTERS, HORMONES, DOPAMINE, SEROTONIN AND MANY MORE..