AIAPGET Ayurveda cheat sheet
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Ayurveda
Tridosha: Vata (Vayu + Akasha, guna laghu/ruksha/sheeta, seat in pakvashaya), Pitta (Agni + Jala, tikshna/ushna, seat in amashaya), Kapha (Jala + Prithvi, guru/snigdha/sheeta, seat in uras).
Panchamahabhuta mapping: Akasha (shabda), Vayu (sparsha), Agni (rupa), Jala (rasa), Prithvi (gandha); each dosha = one mahabhuta pair as above.
Triguna of mind: Sattva (clarity), Rajas (activity), Tamas (inertia); Manas is ubhayendriya (both karmendriya and jnanendriya).
Sapta Dhatu order: Rasa, Rakta, Mamsa, Meda, Asthi, Majja, Shukra; each dhatu has its own agni, and dhatvagni imbalance underlies dhatu-level disease.
Agni types: Jatharagni (4 states: samagni, vishamagni, tikshnagni, mandagni), Bhutagni (5), Dhatvagni (7); Ama forms when jatharagni is mandagni.
Shad Rasa: Madhura (Prithvi+Jala), Amla (Prithvi+Agni), Lavana (Jala+Agni), Katu (Vayu+Agni), Tikta (Vayu+Akasha), Kashaya (Vayu+Prithvi); Madhura/Amla/Lavana are vata-ghna, Katu/Tikta/Kashaya are kapha-ghna.
Tridosha gati: Vriddhi (increase), Kshaya (decrease), Sama (equilibrium); Vata has 80 types of vata-prakopa described in classical texts; vata is the controller (vatena hi sarvam).
Ritu-Charya: Shishira/Vasanta/Grishma = Doshakala for Kapha/Vata/Pitta respectively (accumulation); Varsha/Sharad/Hemanta = prakopa; Vata accumulates in Grishma and aggravates in Varsha, Pitta accumulates in Varsha and aggravates in Sharad, Kapha accumulates in Shishira and aggravates in Vasant.
Dinacharya order: Brahma muhurta waking → danta dhavana → jihva nirlekhana → nasya/anjana → abhyanga → vyayama → snana → ahara; Ratricharya includes ratri bhojana avoidance and divasvapna contraindications (except Grishma).