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By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine since 2000

What is Your Ayurvedic Type?

Monday March 3, 2008
In ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India, there are three main constitutional types, or doshas. Knowing your dosha can help you understand which activities, foods, and lifestyle elements can support and nurture your health and which have the potential to cause imbalance.

The most accurate way of finding out what your dosha is to visit an Ayurvedic practitioner. He or she can conduct a physical examination including pulse assessment and can tell you what your dosha is and provide specific recommendations. This article, however, can help quickly give you an idea of which type you may be...What is Your Ayurvedic Type?

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March 3, 2008 at 3:00 pm
(1) MMO says:

Here is a site that is very useful for at-a-glance information about health concerns you can address with Ayurvedic medicine. What is also useful is the categorization by effectiveness.

You can also find detailed information about treatment and products. Here is a sample for the common cold. http://www.rvita.com/condition/cold/131/ayurveda.html

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