Like the five Elements, the Three humours serve both as a general description of all physical manifestation

Like the five Elements, the Three humours serve both as a general description of all physical manifestation but more specifically relate to the physical body. Health is described as a balance of all three bodily Humours. All therapies and medicines which mostly include plants but also medicines from the mineral and animals kingdoms (Ayurveda is historically 'pre-vegetarian') are also classified according to their heating and cooling energies, the six flavors (biochemical activity) and their influence on the Three Humours. Continue Reading >>