Mala: Excretion

Are you a conscious eater?

Everyone knows that good food is healthy.

But do you know if your body is absorbing all the necessary nutrients?

An easy way to tell is by observing your Malas (waste matter)

Ayurveda explains that

“The quality of mala directly effects the quality of health.”

Mala (excretory waste) produced is based on the bodies metabolism and absorption.

we can define Mala as,

Wastes which can pollute other components of body.

Types of Malas:

Human body push out wastes in many ways, in Ayurveda it’s recognized as

• Ahara mala (waste from food)

• Dhatu mala (waste from tissues)

Ahara mala includes main 3 malas, Trimalas:

• Pureesha (stools)

• Mutra (urine)

• Sveda (sweat)

Dhatu malas include various secretions from the body like, nose, ear, eyes, lactic acid, carbon dioxide and other respiratory wastes, hair, nails, exfoliated skin.

Malas play an important role in healthy functioning body. Any imbalance in their quantity, quality and function (pramana, guna, karma) will create disease.

In the body, Pitta & Kapha play an important role in the process of digestion and Vata governs the movement of Pitta & Kapha in the whole process.

So, any imbalances in Vata, Pitta and Kapha can cause imbalanced functioning process resulting imbalanced malas.

Imbalanced malas accumulate Ama in the body causing disease. (Ama : Toxins)

Diseases caused by imbalances:

Few diseases if the Malas are increased than normal

Feces (purisha) - Flatulence Abdominal discomfort, Heaviness

Urine (mutra) - Urinary frequency , Bladder dysfunction, Urinary tract infection

Sweat (sveda) - Perspires easily ,Fungal , dermatoses , low body temperature, constipation, body odor.

Few diseases if the Malas are increased than normal

Feces (purisha) - Bloating, abdominal and low back pain, Osteoarthritis, Hypokalemia, Hypocalcemia

Urine (mutra) - Chronic thirst, reduced urine, renal stones, abdominal pain

Sweat (sveda) - Decreased perspiration, high body temperature, dry skin , burning sensations

Prevention:

The most important approach to heal these conditions is by correcting digestive fire (jatharagni) and tissue metabolism (dhatwagni).

Underlying pathology should be diagnosed in terms of doshas and managed accordingly which can automatically correct the abnormal characters of malas.

How good is your metabolism?

Are your doshas balanced?

know your doshas by answering these simple questions

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