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Digestion in Ayurveda
Written by Joseph Immel, Asheville, NC
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Digestion in Ayurveda

In Ayurveda, digestion doesn't just mean digestion of food. It also means digesting any change. Everything that happens to us must be processed. Digestion includes, for example, 'digesting' a cold temperature back to 98.6 degrees. Or, digesting information coming through the five senses.

Digestion, Imbalance & Healing

The body maintains balance by protecting itself from change. Medically, balance is called homeostasis. For example, the body keeps our temperature constant at 98.6 degrees. In contrast, the environment is always changing. These changes threaten to knock the body off balance. Disease comes when we are unable to process change.

Our ability to digest change is our ability to heal. ...


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