Ayurveda Concepts > The Sapta
Dhatus:
Food consumed by us,
nourishes our bodies. It happens in a particular fashion. Ayurveda
believes that this process gets completed in seven...steps one by one
or all simultaneously.
These seven steps hold
body and nourish it by their activities and abilities. These are known
“Sapta – Dhatus”.
These are:
Rasa: Provides
nourishment to all other six buddies of its. It's a transporter of body –
Plasma fluids.
Rakta: Works
like Rasa in movement, provides energy to all other five provides
color/complexion to body. Blood!!
Mamsa: It
covers the body and gives movements to the body, Muscular system of the
body.
Meda: Collects
the energies and stores it for the strengths of the body,Adipose tissue,
along with other components, which are liable to store energy in them.
Asthi: Bears
the body, make it to stand upright as does the skeletal system for
us.
Majja: Responsible
for love and nourishment as its structure is also smooth and soft. As it
fills the gap in bones, it can be said- marrow!
Shukra: After
nourishment of the body, rest will go for the coming generation.Important
for reproductive capacities of a person, or can be said a
power nourishing the reproductive strengths of a person.
These seven together hold up the body and provide strength for life!
