Vata Increase Caused Due to Tissue Depletion: Dhatu kshaya

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Dhatu Kshaya means depletion of body tissues. Whenever a tissue is depleted, soon there is increase of Vata Dosha in the body. This can be understood as, a place becoming empty, is fillVata Increase Caused Due to Tissue Depletion: Dhatu kshayaed up with Vata Dosha. Air is compared to Vata Dosha. 

Examples:
1. When there is menstrual flow,
women often suffer from abdominal pain. Pain is a Vata symptom. Here, Vata increases, when arthava (menstrual blood) flows out of the body.
2. Soon after childbirth, there is Vata increase in the lower part the body.
3. Soon after blood loss due to injury causing hemorrhage, there is Vata dosha increase.

Depletion of tissues causes vacant spaces which denote an abnormal increase in the combination of Akasha (space, ether) and Vayu (air) elements (these elements form Vata) in the body. This leads to Vata vitiation. Thus any tissue depletion leads to pathological increase of Dhatu. If more number of tissues are depleted, the more the Vayu is aggravated and the more significant is the damage. This leads to manifestation of many diseases.
Pathological depletion of tissues also denotes deteriorating immunity. The essence of Dhatus is told as Ojas (immunity factor). Dhatus (tissues) form the building blocks of the body and their integrity denotes a balanced immunity.

Bone tissue decrease is associated with Vata Dosha. Bone tissue (Asthi) and Vata are inversely proportional to each other. This is why, when Vata increases, then there is bone tissue degeneration, leading to Sandhivata – Osteo arthritis.

Kapha Dosha is directly proportionally related to
Rasa (nutrition in circulation),
Mamsa (muscle),
Meda (fat),
Majja (Bone marrow),
Shukra (semen),
Mutra (urine), Puresha (faeces) and
Ojas (essence of all the tissues).

Hence, when these tissues decrease, then there is decrease of Kapha Dosha, decrease of heaviness of body. Decrease of heaviness indicates increase of lightness, which is a Vata quality. This leads to Vata Dosha increase.

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