It is just amazing how Ayurveda and Astrology connects. It is quite easy to identify the imbalance of five elements in the body by looking at a birth chart.
General Principle of Ayurveda - All ailments occur due to imbalance of five elements - Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Space. These five elements together makes the Tridoshas - Pitta, Vata and Kapha. Whole of ayurveda works toward restoring the balance of these three doshas.
General Principle of Astrology - If one has influence of hot planets like Mars or Sun on the first house, it increases pitta dosha (fire element), Influence of cool planets like Moon and Venus aggrevates Kapha dosha (earth and water element), while Saturn and Mercury aggrevates Vata dosha (air and space element).
After identifying such imbalance with astrology, propretiary remedies can be performed to pacify or strengthen the planets concerned in the chart which helps to restore the health.
Abhishek Bharti
(23/03/2024)