KNOW YOUR PRAKRUTI

The Ayurvedic concept of Prakriti is helpful in maintaining health, understanding disease and its management. Analysing your own Prakriti helps you know about your body and its requirements. It will help to maintain a good and balanced personal, family and professional life.  It helps to plan your lifestyle, diet etc according to your body  requirements. So, Take a look at the questionnaire.

A = VATA,   B = PITTA,  C = KAPHA

HOW IS YOUR:

Body:

1.  Lean & tall body
2. Average weight & medium built
3. Plump, delicate & well built

Skin:

1. Rough with tendency to darken
2. Clear, smooth with excessive red skin, freckles, pimples & black moles
3. Bright, smooth & attractive

Nails

1. Rough, dry irregular, cracked
2. Glossy & red
3. Long, thick, smooth & appear white

Lips:

1. Dry & thin having a dark tone
2. Glossy and reducing
3. Thick & full lips having glossy & smooth

Hair:

1. Rough, dry & break easily
2. Early greying
3. Pleanty, thick & glossy

Joints:

1. Prominent with cracking noise on movement
2. Medium, not too defined
3. Strong & compact

Body Strength:

1. Weak
2. Moderate
3. Strong

Body Temperature:

1. Intolerance to Cold temperature
2. Intolerance to Hot temperature
3. Normal

Sweating:

1. Seldom with no odor
2. Excessive with foul odor
3. Normal with peculiar smell

Walk:

1. Quick & light gait
2. Normal gait
3. Slow & steady gait

Appetite:

1. Poor eater & irregular appetite 
2. Voracious eater & strong appetite
3. Slow eater & poor appetite

Digestive Fire:

1. Irregular
2. Powerful
3. Weak

Bowel Conditions:

1. Irregular
2. Loose
3. Regular

Speech:

1. Very fast
2. Sharp
3. Slow & resonant

HOW ARE YOUR:

Moods:

1. Quick to like & dislike & highly irritable
2. Quick to temper & recovery
3. Slow temper

Stress Tolerance:

1. Poor stress tolerance
2. Low stress tolerance
3. Calm, low irritability & patient

Memory:

1. Irregular, short term- excellent, long term-weak
2. Powerful
3. Long term-good

Sleep:

1. Interrupted
2. Normal
3. Excessive

Grasping power:

1. Very fast
2. Quick
3. Slow

Out of these three options select only one.

Each question will carry 1 point.

All option A will correspond to Vata. Similarly option B for Pitta and option C for Kapha.

After receiving all answers, calculate how many times each option is selected.

Body type corresponding to option selected for highest times will be your Prakruti.

eg. Out of 41 questions,

If person selects option A 18 times, option B 12 times and option C 11 times then his Prakruti will be Vata type.  

If person selects option A 7 times, option B 20 times and option C 14 times then his Prakruti will  be Pitta type.  

If person selects option A 9 times, option B 10 times and Option C 21 times then his Prakruti will be Kapha type.

In case of tie for first two positions, then his body type will be of two doshas.

If final score for Option A (Vata) and Option B (Pitta) is same (eg 15 for each one) and for Option C is 11; then he will have Vatapitta Prakruti.

If final score for option B(Pitta) and Option C(Kapha) is same then his Prakruti will be PittaKapha.

If final score for option A(Vata) and option C(Kapha) is same then Prakruti will be Vatakapha.

According to indivisual’s Prakruti Do’s and Dont’s are displayed in Sandu Arogyadarshika.

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@ Dr. Sandu –  medicalcell@sandu.in