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primarily made up by food. When the food is properly digested,
it goes to nourish the different Dhatus of the body and so
keeps it normal. For the proper digestion of food, however,
Vayu, Pitta and Kapha are essential.
As an ordinary fire, when assisted by air and water
can cook the food, so also the internal fire in our body,
namely Pitta can digest any food taken by us, with the help
of Vayu and Kapha. It is self-evident that without the help
of Vayu we cannot even keep any article of food in our mouth,
for without an intaking of air, nobody can put anything in
the mouth, simply with the help of the tongue. It is the
Vayu, which drives the food down through the gullet to the
stomach. This we can see for ourselves. If you first blow
out the air from the mouth cavity, you cannot, of course,
swallow anything. You have to take in air in order to push
the food down. That Vayu helps to inflate the body fire has
already been mentioned. The Kapha, as the water in the body,
breaks up the solid food and moistens it so that the Pitta
may readily act upon it.
This single example of the process of digestion
along, convince us of the fact that the three Dosas are the
causes of preservation of the body.
(7) YAYU, PITTA AND KAPHA AND THE CAUSES OF DESTRUCTION OF
THE BODY
That which preserves a body when in a normal condition,
will evidently destroy the same when in an abnormal condition.