Pitta

Translate this dosha into the integrated system of Ayurveda

The Pitta dosha is associated with fire or heat. Wherever there is transformation, there is Pitta (doing its job). Whether it is in the GI tract, liver, skin, the digestion, eyes or brain doesn’t matter, for these are all locations where Pitta works, as Pitta is transformation.

Pitta provides the following functions:
1. Metabolism - at all the various levels from digestion of food to transformation of all other material
2. Thermo genesis - maintains the proper body temperature
3. Vision - converts external images into optic nerve impulses
4. Appetite - the feeling of hunger and thirst
5. Comprehension - of information into knowledge, also reasoning and judgment
6. Courage & Braveness - to face the situation
7. Complexion - gives color and softness to skin

Things that help Pitta:

• Learning about the other doshas that make up your essential nature - vata and kapha - will help you create new role models and ways of behavior.

Things that exacerbate Pitta:

• Identifying yourself too closely to your predominant dosha imbalance (it is not your true nature).

A list of famous people that displa classic Pitta signs will come here. This is useful for identifying yourself, but also for other doshas, to find new rolemodels outside their dominant dosha.

What is your experience of being primarliy Pitta? What things have you done to help?