Determining your Prakriti (Nature)

Determining your Prakriti (Nature)

As we said in previous article that every human body is has three dosha's (humors) which are responsible for the disturbance of health and these dosha (humors) also consist the human body nature and his behavioral habit, now here we discuss how to determine the body dosha (humor) with a simple questionnaire and you can determine the existing prominent dosha (humor) yourself. After going through the questionnaire may be you find that you relate to one or more dosha it shows possibility of two or all three combines in your body .In rarely, a person will have equal proportion of all three dosha and this equal proportion show good health in every manner according to ayurveda .Now the division is like this: -

 

Vataj (air)

Pittaj (fire)

Kaphaj (phlegm)

Vataj-Pittaj

Vattaj-Kaphaj

Pittaj-Vataj

Pittaj-Kaphaj

Kaphaj-Vataj

Kaphaj-Pitaj

Vataj-Pittaj-Kaphaj

	Vataj	Pittaj	Kaphaj
Body type	thin; usually short or tall	medium	large, tall
Weight	low weight, doesn't gain weight	medium weight stay same	heavy weight
Eyes	small, dark eyes	Medium sized light eyes easily inflamed	large eyes with thick eyelashes soft, gentle gaze
Skin	dry, rough, cold cracks easily	moist, warm, pink prone to acne	soft, smooth, moist, cool
Complexion	dark	flushed sunburn easily	pale
Hair	rough ,dry, wairy	thin, oily, light colored, grey, bald premature	thick, wavy, oily
Eye brow	thin ,small	medium	thick, bushy
Nose	small, thin	medium, symmetrical	wide
Teeth	vary in size, crooked	medium	large white
Joints	stiff, tend to crack	loose, average size	large ,sturdy
Nails	thin, brittle	soft, pink	strong  ,thick, white, smooth
Muscles	thin, undeveloped	average size	large well developed
Urine	scant, colorless	profuse, yellow	moderate, milky
Menstrual	irregular, scanty	regular, bright colour	regular, pale colour
Stool	scanty, dry, hard, prone to gas & constipation	abundant, loose&soft	moderate dense with mucus
Appetite	variable	strong	low
Dietary	likes to snack on dry, crunchy foods	like cold drinks & snack	like sweet and creamy
Thirst	low	high	moderate
Digestion	prone to gas	good, strong, fast	slow, steady
Sweat	hardly sweat	profuse strong smelling	moderate
Circulation	poor cold hand &feet	good hot hand & feet	moderate temperature cool
Weather	like sun&warmth	cold weather	warm & windy
Sensitivity	cold, wind,  dryness noise	heat, sunlight, light & colour	touch, old & dampness
Immunity	low	moderate	strong
Physical Endurance	low	moderate	strong
Sleep	light	moderate	deep
Dreams	full of movement prone to nightmare	colorfull, vivid passionate	rarely or uneventful
Movements	quick	move with purpose &  motivation	moves slowly & steadily,  gracefully
Mental Influences	changes mind quickly easily, indecisive & nervous	decisive & determine	changes mind & opinions slowly
Thoughts	creative, visionary lots of ideas	logically, critically idealistically	think slowly & methodically
Learning Ability	easily learn & forget easily, poor memory	easily with clear memory	learn slowly good long term memory
Professionally	art	medicine, engineering	business
Some other points

 

1.	prone to anxiety, fear nervousness&worry	prone to irritability anger, aggression, jealousy	prone to depression lethargy, attachment
2.	lively, positive attitude when balance	warm outgoing & confident	peaceful, happy & loving when in balance
3.	spends on trifles	earn but spends on luxury	can earn & save after motivation
4.	quick speech talkative	argumentative confrontational, enjoys debate	talk slowly & deliberately
5.	love travel	need beautiful environment	domestic more of a homebody
6.	sensitive to sound	sensitive to visual stimulation	sensitive to touch