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What is another name for kapha?

What is the root of this word, and what does it mean?

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Shleshma

The root if shleshma is shlish, which means “to hug”

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What elements make up kapha?

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Water and Earth

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What are the 13 qualities of Kapha?

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Heavy
Slow/dull
Cold
Oily
Liquid
Slimy/smooth
Dense
Soft
Static
Sticky
Cloudy
Hard
Gross
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What is the predominant taste of kapha?

What do these tastes do to kapha?

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Sweet
Salty

They increase kapha

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Kapha molecules are ___ (growth promoting) and ___(tendency to coagulate or fall together to the center)

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Anabolic, centrifugal

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Kapha molecules adhere together creating what?

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Bigger and bigger molecules

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Kapha is ___ and can therefore be easily seen.

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Gross

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All ___, ___ &___ are composed of kapha, so kapha is represented by ___structures in the body

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Cells, tissues, and organs

Substantial structures

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Kapha is predominately present in the ___ and blood as ___

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Lymph, plasma

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Plasma contains what percent water?

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90%

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What is the primary site of kapha?

Where else is it present in the body?

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Lungs & respiratory tract

Also present in the:
Semen
Muscles
Fat
Connective tissue 
Brain
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What color is kapha?

Where do you see examples of this color representative of kapha in the body?

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White

Lymph
Semen
Plasma
Certain muscles
Myelin sheath
White matter of the brain
White blood cells
Anything white
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What are the ten primary sites of kapha?

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Lungs
Stomach
Pancreas
White matter of brain
Cerebrospinal fluid
Plasma
Joints
Sinuses
Nose (organ of smell)
Tongue (organ of taste)
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What is phuphusa?

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Lungs

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What is āmāshaya?

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Stomach

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What is kloma?

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Pancreas

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What is shira?

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White matter of the brain

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What is shushumna jala?

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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What is rasa?

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What is sandhi?

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What is gandha?

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What is nasā?

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Nose (organ of smell)

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What is jihva?

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Tongue (organ of taste)

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If kapha is depleted by pitta or vāta it will undergo ___ due to ___ effects of excess pitta, and ___ effects of vāta?

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Emaciation
Hypermetabolic effects of excess pitta
Catabolic acts of excess vāta

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If kapha accumulates to create a compact mass, what might it form?
A tumor | Fibrocystic changes in the breasts
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If pitta burns the kapha molecules of the myelin sheath what conditions might result?
Optic neuritis Auditory neuritis Multiple sclerosis (MS)
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What is optic neuritis?
Inflammation of the optic nerve. It may cause sudden, reduced vision in the affected eye. A kapha disorder, where pitta burns the kapha molecules of the myelin sheath.
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What is auditory neuritis?
A variety of hearing loss in which the outer hair cells within the cochlea are present and functional, but sound information is not faithfully transmitted to the auditory nerve and brain properly. A kapha disorder, where pitta burns the kapha molecules of the myelin sheath
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What is multiple sclerosis? What are common symptoms of MS, which dosha are these symptoms an expression of?
A demyelinating disorder where pitta burns the myelin sheath (kapha), creating space for vāta to enter the lesion ``` Vāta symptoms: Weakness Fatigue Exhaustion Tremors ``` Pitta symptom: No tolerance for heat
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MS is a demyelination disorder caused by ___, exacerbated by ___, and affecting ___.
Caused by pitta Exacerbated by vāta Affecting kapha
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What are the many functions of kapha?
``` Lubrication Nourishment Support and stability Groundedness Growth Gaseous exchange in the lungs Gastric secretions (liquid medium) Water electrolyte balance Fat regulation Strength and stamina Energy Sleep Repair and regeneration Memory retention Taste perception Olfactory perception ```
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What are some positive emotions associated with kapha?
Contentment Forgiveness Compasssion
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Is the vitreous humor or aqueous humor kapha? What subtype does the other humor belong to?
Vitreous humor is kapha Aqueous humor is ālochaka pitta
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If the aqueous humor becomes clouded by kapha what does a person develop?
Cataracts
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Describe the spinal meninges.
The three connective tissue membranes covering and protecting the brain and spinal cord: Dura mater (outer meningeal layer) Arachnoid (middle meningeal layer) Pia mater (inner meningeal layer)
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Where is kapha present in the digestive system?
Saliva | Gastric secretions
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Where is kapha present in the heart and lungs?
Pleural space (the potential space between the two pleura (visceral and parietal) of the lungs) Around the heart
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Where is kapha present in the spine?
Spinal meninges | Cerebrospinal fluid
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Where is kapha present in the eyes?
Vitreous humor
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Kapha maintains both ___ fluid and ___ fluid in relation to the cells.
Intracellular fluid | Extracellular fluid
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Where is kapha present in the brain?
The water component of the grey matter of the brain. The grey matter of the brain is about 80-85% water
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Which qualities of kapha create lubrication of the joints and muscle tendons?
Oily & liquid
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Which qualities of kapha lubricates the space between the cells and organs? Lubrication relieves ___.
Oily Slimy Friction
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Kapha's anabolic changes ate responsible for what?
``` Growth Development of the body Healing wounds Creation of new cells Repair of damaged cells ```
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If a man has abundant kapha molecules in his semen, what is the result?
Abundant sperm and fertility
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What are the five types of kapha?
``` Kledaka Avalambaka Bodhaka Tarpaka Shleshaka ```
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In the breakdown of the word kapha what is the meaning of ka, and what is the meaning of pha? Therefore, what is the translation of kapha?
ka=water pha=flourishing Kapha=that which is flourished by water

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