Kapha Products - Ayurvedic Products for Kapha Dosha Imbalance

Kapha, and the preparations Kerala reaches for

Kapha is the dosha classical Ayurveda associates with structure, moisture and steadiness — the principle that holds things together, and the one that accumulates. Of the three it is the shelf where dry preparations and warming, stimulating herbs appear most often, which is the traditional logic working in the opposite direction to the qualities themselves.

There is no quiz here for the same reason there is none on the other two shelves: the classical assessment is made by a person, in person, and a list of statements does not substitute for it. Twenty-nine of these are taken by mouth and fourteen are applied. If kapha has been mentioned to you by a practitioner, this is a reasonable place to start reading. If it has not, the concern shelves will get you somewhere useful faster.

Three ways in

1. Start from a practitioner's word — This shelf is most useful to someone who has already been given the term.
2. Dry and warming preparations recur — Powders, decoctions and stimulating herbs appear more here than the heavy oils do.
3. Or ignore the framework entirely — Shopping by what is bothering you is a perfectly good route, and often the faster one.

See also Vata, Pitta and shop by concern.

Always read the label and directions on the pack you receive, and speak with your physician before starting anything new — particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, managing a health condition or taking prescription medicine.