Rakta Balancing

DOSHA –Pitta

SUB TISSUES: Blood vessels, Tendons, Fascia

MALAS – WASTE PRODUCTS – Digestive bile

QUANTITY – 8 Anjali

COMPOSITION – Agni (fire), Jala (water)

SITES – Bone marrow, Liver, Spleen, Red blood cells, Heart, Brain, Uterus

FUNCTIONS – Maintenance of life, Complexion, Nourishes the muscles

MERITS

· Unctuousness

· Red color

· Beautiful and dazzling appearance of the ears, eyes, face, tongue, nose, lips, soles of the feet, hands, nails, fore head and genital organs.

· Person is bright, brilliant, happy

· Vitality, strength

BALANCED

· Happiness

· Great enthusiasm

· Tenderness

· Moderate strength

INCREASED

· Redness of limbs, eyes

· Fullness of blood vessels

· Enlargement of spleen

· Hypertension

· Ruddy skin

· Red shot eyes

· Bleeding tendency

· Jaundice

· Skin infections frequently

DECREASED

· Harshness of skin

· Craving for sour and cold things

· Dry and cracked skin

· Flabbiness of blood vessels

· Dry, pale, discolored skin

· Low blood pressure

· Thirst

· Disturbance in acid base balance