Extra Qualities (Gunas) Enumerated By Master Sushruta
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa, B.A.M.S Gunas means qualities. These qualities are embedded in substances (dravya). Read – Dravya: Meaning, Ayurvedic…
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Solidity Quality (Sandra) – Meaning, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y. S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B. A. M. S Sandra Guna means solidity or density quality. It is present in…
Drava Guna (Liquidity) – Meaning, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Drava Guna means liquidity quality. It is present in some substances and those substances are…
Unctuousness Quality – Snigdha Meaning, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
Snigdha Guna means ‘unctuousness’ quality. It is present in some substances and those substances are said to be unctuous in nature. Read – Dravya: Meaning,…
Fineness Quality – Sookshma Meaning, Therapeutic Uses, Mode Of Action
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Sukshma Guna means ‘fineness’ quality. Substance with this quality is said to be fine in…
Bulkiness Quality – Sthula, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Sthula Guna means ‘bulkiness / stoutness’ quality. Substance in which it is present is said…
Roughness Quality-Khara Meaning, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Khara Guna means ‘roughness’ quality. Substances having this quality are said to be rough in…
Smoothness Quality – Shlakshna – Meaning, Action, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Shlakshna Guna means ‘smoothness’ quality. It is present in some substances and those substances are…
Stable Quality – Sthira Meaning, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Sthira Guna means ‘immobility or stable’ quality. It is present in some substances and those…
Dryness Quality – Ruksha Meaning, Action On Doshas, Therapeutic Uses
By Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa B.A.M.S Ruksha Guna means ‘dryness’ quality. The substance in which this quality is present are said…