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BLOOD AND CIRCULATION
IMBALANCES QUIZ
Taking this free quiz of your Blood and Circulation can help you discover signs and symptoms of imbalance. When you are done you will be brought to a results page where you can view your imbalanced doshas & qualities from an ayurvedic perspective. The results from this test will guide you to healthy food choices and recipes matching your personal, individual ayurvedic diet. This test will take approximately ten minutes to fill.

Page 1: Check the boxes for symptoms you experience on a regular basis, or that were significant in the past.

Which boxes best describe your 'Water Regulation'?

Dry skin
Dry skin
Vata aggravating
The skin is the cream of the blood plasma, reflecting it's properties. Thin, dry skin often reflects depletion or insufficient fat intake (Vata). Ghee and oil massage are useful for Vata type dry skin. In some case, dry skin is related to...

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Clammy Skin
Clammy Skin
Kapha aggravating
Clammy skin refers to skin that is wet, damp and sticky. Skin also usually feels cold to the touch. Most commonly, skin becomes clammy due to fluid accumulation in the extremities, often as a result of poor circulation.This can be due to thick...

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Water Retention
Water Retention
Kapha aggravating
Water retention could imply poor circulation or low kidney function. Poor circulation may be due to thick, sweet Kapha blood, a heart condition, low metabolism, or other factors.

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Edema
Edema
Kapha aggravating
Edematic swelling can result from stagnant circulation or low osmotic pressure in the blood compared to cells. Circulation becomes stagnant in Kapha dosha when the blood is too thick and sweet. "Sweet" blood means blood that is rich in sugars, fats,...

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Feet or Ankles Swelling
Feet or Ankles Swelling
Kapha aggravating
Edematic swelling can result from stagnant circulation. Circulation becomes stagnant in Kapha dosha when the blood is too thick and sweet, or when veins are too dilated and relaxed. "Sweet" blood means blood that is rich in sugars, fats,...

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Puffy hands
Puffy hands
Pitta aggravating Kapha aggravating
Puffy hands look enlarged and swollen. Hands generally become puffy due to lymphatic stagnation and sluggish circulation.Poor circulation often occurs as a result of a sedentary lifestyle and eating a diet in heavy, rich, sweet, and fried foods....

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Puffy / swollen skin
Puffy / swollen skin
Pitta aggravating Kapha aggravating
Puffy skin implies lymphatic stagnation, inflammation, and edema, overall a Kapha condition in Ayurveda and dampness in Chinese medicine. Possible causes include poor circulation, an allergen, and toxins. Kapha lymph is naturally thick & gooey....

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Puffy face
Puffy face
Pitta aggravating Kapha aggravating
A puffy face is one that looks more swollen than normal. It is caused by sluggish circulation and lymphatic congestion. It can appear worse in the morning as lymph tends to stagnate overnight when you are immobile.Sluggish circulation often...

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Night-time Urination
Night-time Urination
Nightime urination may be due to toxicity in the blood, which gets filtered by the kidneys. Alternatively, night-time urination can indicate diabetes, especially if the urine is cloudy or bubbly.

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Dark Yellow Urine
Dark Yellow Urine
Kapha aggravating
Generally, urine should be straw colored, or light yellow. Dark yellow urine implies the urine has a lower concentration of water than normal. This may be due to dehydration, a high sodium diet, electrolyte imbalance, poor circulation to the kidneys...

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Frequent Urination
Frequent Urination
Vata aggravating
Frequent urination causes significant loss of electrolytes and dehydration. Dehydration creates digestive problems and constipation. The quantity of urine is related to many factors including diabetes and diuretic foods and pharmaceuticals. When...

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Sour sweat
Sour sweat
Pitta aggravating Kapha aggravating
Sour sweat is a sign of a Pitta Kapha condition with ama (damp-heat in Chinese medicine). Circulation may be blocked or stagnant. This condition typically occurs alongside red-puffy skin and well developed muscles.

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Sweat rarely
Sweat rarely
Vata aggravating
Sweating rarely may indicate chronic dehydration, electrolyte imbalance such as magnesium deficiency, or other factors. Drinking inadequate amounts of water, urinating or passing too much liquid in the feces will reduce the amount of sweating. The...

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Sweat often
Sweat often
Pitta aggravating
Sweating often may indicate congested fluids, or excess fat tissue. The backed up fluids can causes clamminess in hands or feet especially. A heat condition, a dry-heat condition, or irritating toxin can also cause the pores to open...

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Night sweats
Night sweats
Vata aggravating Pitta aggravating
Night sweats are a classic sign of 'yin deficient heat' in Chinese medicine. They often correspond to a racing mind and heartbeat, insomnia, and terrifying dreams. Proper rest and restoration can help in cases where lifestyle is the cause of...

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Which boxes best describe your 'Circulation'?

Easily hot
Easily hot
Pitta aggravating
Sensitivity to heat indicates various patterns of imbalance. Sometimes the body becomes hot when deficient (as in dry eczema, or yin-deficient heat of Chinese medicine). Otherwise, heat may come from some kind of internal inflammation. A fever is a...

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Hot in torso/chest area
Hot in torso/chest area
Pitta aggravating Kapha aggravating
When you feel hot in your torso area, but also have cold extremities, it can indicate poor circulation and overcompensation by the heart. Sweet, thick Kapha blood is the likely culprit.

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Hot / Burning Feet
Hot / Burning Feet
Burning feet syndrome is characterized by severe burning and aching feet. There may also be pain, elevated skin temperature, and excessive sweating.Burning feet syndrome may be a symptom of another disease, such as hypothyroidism, diabetes,...

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Flushes Easily
Flushes Easily
Pitta aggravating
A person may flush easily when they are overheated, experience intense emotions, due to toxicity or hormone fluctuations, or after indulging in Pitta aggravating foods or lifestyle. Intense emotions can trigger an increase in the heart rate or...

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Skin red after mild abrasion
Skin red after mild abrasion
Pitta aggravating
Dermatographism, the ability to 'draw' on the skin, is a sign of capillary vasodilation due to Pitta type toxicity. It may indicate lymphatic stagnation as well.

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Red capillaries visible on skin
Red capillaries visible on skin
Capillary fragility and increased blood pressure can cause capillaries to become distended and visible in the skin. As a person ages, the capillaries become more fragile. Alcoholism, smoking, and cardiovascular diseases can increase blood pressure....

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Poor circulation
Poor circulation

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Easily cold
Easily cold
Vata aggravating
Kapha people become cold when metabolism is low or circulation is poor (Kapha). Vata people are cold when the skin is too dry, there is a lack of adequate fat tissue in the skin, or blood sugar levels are low. Pitta people feel cold when they...

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Cold extremities
Cold extremities
Vata aggravating
Cold extremities can imply a blood deficiency such as anemia, poor circulation from dehydration or congestion, a low metabolism, low blood sugar levels, insufficient clothing or fat, or stress. A chronic infection such as candida can rob the body of...

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Low basal body temperature
Low basal body temperature
Kapha aggravating
Low body temperature could indicate deficiency (Vata), low metabolism with stagnation (Kapha), or chronic infection depleting heat (Pitta).

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Bluish Skin
Bluish Skin
Vata aggravating
Blue skin is a sign of blood stagnation due to coldness or dryness.

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Bluish / Purple Tongue
Bluish / Purple Tongue
Vata aggravating
A blue / purple tongue indicates internal blood stagnation (Kapha) or cold quality (Vata).

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Bluish nail-beds
Bluish nail-beds
Vata aggravating
Blue nail-beds signify stagnant blood, which may be due to poor circulation or low blood pressure.

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Cramping back of leg
Cramping back of leg
Vata aggravating
Leg cramps generally comes from poor circulation, toxicity, or imbalance in electrolytes. Cholesterol medication can cause a cramp as well. There is a colon marma or acupressure point where the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle meet. This point...

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Tingling/Numbness
Tingling/Numbness
Kapha aggravating
Tingling / numbness could result from poor circulation or other problems. A limb may be numb due to nerve pathology. Circulation may be blocked because of sweet, thick Kapha blood, bloating in the digestive tract, fat tissue, edematic swelling, and...

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Pins and Needles Hands and Feet
Pins and Needles Hands and Feet
Pins and needles are a sign of poor circulation. Circulation may be poor when the blood vessels are blocked by plaque, the blood is too thick, of the heart is not strong enough to pump the blood. Stress, cold body temperatures, a sedentary...

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Feel pain less than other people
Feel pain less than other people
Feeling pain less than other people, or hypoalgesia, is a condition in which there is decreased sensitivity to painful stimuli. Hypoalgesia is a potentially dangerous condition as there may be a reduced or delayed response in processing painful...

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Feel pain more than other people
Feel pain more than other people
Vata aggravating
Feeling pain more than other people, or hyperalgesia, is a condition in which there is increased sensitivity to painful stimuli. Pain is detected by sensory nerves. If you feel pain more than others, the nervous system is likely agitated or on high...

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Poor discernment of temperature
Poor discernment of temperature
Vata aggravating
Poor discernment of temperature is the inability to distinguish sensations of hot and cold. Inadequate circulation to peripheral nerves in the skin causes poor discernment of temperature.Your peripheral nervous system requires fresh blood and...

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Raynauld's Syndrome
Raynauld's Syndrome
Vata aggravating Kapha aggravating
In Raynauld's, exposure to cold triggers the body to shunt blood from the hands and feet symmetrical and into the core, to prioritize vital organs. It is characterized by hyper-reactive vasoconstriction to cold. As a result, the hands turn...

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Bruise easily
Bruise easily
Pitta aggravating
Bruising easily is a sign of high Pitta in Ayurveda. Capillary beds may be dilated due to a heat condition in heart or liver, general inflammation, or irritating toxins in the blood. Platelet count may be low. Malabsorption of vitamins C and K may...

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Prolonged bleeding when cut (Poor clotting)
Prolonged bleeding when cut (Poor clotting)
Pitta aggravating
A person that has difficulty clotting may bleed excessively from minor trauma, the GI tract, or in the brain. Under extreme conditions, even walking can cause bleeding and damage in internal organs. Blood thinners, vitamin K antagonists,...

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Bleed less than other people
Bleed less than other people
Bleeding less than other people can be a good thing - it means you won't lose as much blood if you cut or injure yourself. If pathological, it could be due to either thick, viscous blood with sluggish circulation

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Blood Clots
Blood Clots
Painful clots may appear closer to the skin's surface (superficial thrombophlebitis). Or, a clot may be deep, such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT can cause the entire leg to swell and can be a life threatening complication. Many DVT are...

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Non-healing sore / ulcer
Non-healing sore / ulcer
A non-healing ulcer or diabetic sore is one that does not respond to initial treatment and persists despite appropriate care. Diabetic ulcers generally tend to develop on the legs and feet due to poor circulation or edema in the lower...

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Varicose Veins
Varicose Veins

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Stroke (from aneurysm)
Stroke (from aneurysm)
A stroke is a loss of blood flow to a part of the brain, occuring due to a clot or an aneurysm. A stroke caused by an aneurysm occurs when the the walls of an artery in the brain rupture. This happens when the artery wall has been weakened from...

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Stroke (from clot)
Stroke (from clot)
Kapha aggravating
An ischemic stroke is a loss of blood flow to a part of the brain, occuring due to a clot. This disruption in blood flow leads to the sudden death of brain cells. A clot can cause an obstruction in blood vessels inside the brain (thrombotic stroke),...

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Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis

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Headache
Headache
A headache is a pain experienced in the head. There are many types of headaches, most of them symptomatic of an imbalance in the blood. Some headaches come from Stress / Tension - Tension headaches (Vata) usually strike when a...

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Which boxes best describe your 'Heart'?

Heart Murmur
Heart Murmur
Vata aggravating
The heart is sensitive to changes in blood chemistry, including hormones and toxicity. Heart palpitations and murmurs are aggravated by fermentation in the digestive tract. Regular, gentle extercise also strengthens the herat and circulation.

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Cardiac Insufficiency
Irregular heartbeat
Irregular heartbeat
Vata aggravating
An irregular heartbeat is also known as arrhythmia. In some arrhythmias your heart beat speeds up and slows down, skips an occasional beat, or feels significantly different throughout the day. Some different types of arrhythhmias include: ...

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Heart Attack
Heart Attack
Heart attacks are often fatal. Eating heart healthy foods and other preventative techniques are recommended if you are in a high risk group. Heart attacks related to obesity, rather than stress, are common in Spring, starting mid-February, as...

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Chest Pain
Chest Pain
Pain should always be checked by a medical doctor. Angina is chest pain that gets worse during stress of exercise. It is due to insufficient blood supply (ischemia) to the heart muscle and can be dangerous because it is a warning sign of a future...

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Heart Palpitations
Heart Palpitations
Vata aggravating
Heart palpitations are defined as undue awareness of one's heartbeat. If you are sitting in the car or walking down the street, and suddenly feel your heart beating in your chest, you are experiencing heart palpitations. Your heart may feel fast,...

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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Kapha aggravating
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a condition that leads to fluid accumulation around the heart, reducing its ability to pump effectively. When the heart can't pump blood effectively, it can't deliver oxygen to tissues. This causes other fluids to...

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Slow Heartbeat
Slow Heartbeat
Kapha aggravating
A slow heartbeat is typical of athletes and people with a regular exercise routine. A slow heartbeat is also a sign of a cold condition. The heart's electrical system may have a problem. The vagus nerve may be overstimulated. Spices such as ginger...

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Fast Heartbeat
Fast Heartbeat
Vata aggravating
A fast heartbeat could indicate stress, anxiety, dehydration, and heat. It is normally associated with Vata dosha and toxicity in the blood. If Kapha thick blood congests circulation too much, it could create panic attacks / anxiety related...

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Pain on left side above heart

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