阿育吠陀 101

作者：Tonya Papanikolov冬妮娅-帕帕尼科洛夫

I should preface by saying that Ayurveda is not an easy topic to give someone a crash course on as it is the original and oldest self-healing system on earth and one that we have based much of modern medicine off of. One could spend many years scratching the surface of the vast teachings but I’m going to try and distill the essence of Ayurveda for you here.

阿育吠陀的历史可以追溯到五千多年前，当时印度的圣贤和里希们将其作为吠陀和瑜伽知识这一庞大精神系统的一部分传授给人类。这些教义最早记录在世界现存最古老的文献《吠陀经》中。

阿育吠陀的字面意思是 "生命知识 "或 "生命科学"。它是一种整体医学体系。瑜伽系统的创立是为了解决精神痛苦，而阿育吠陀则是为了解决身心痛苦。阿育吠陀不仅是传统意义上治疗疾病的医学体系--它还是一种生活方式，教我们如何保持健康，如何提高我们的能量和意识；如何在生活中充分发挥人类和精神的潜能。

阿育吠陀以五行为基础：乙醚、空气、火、水和土。正是这些元素及其千变万化的动态舞蹈造就了生命的巨大多样性。五行概念是阿育吠陀科学的核心。

The five basic elements manifest in the human body as three basic constitutions, known as the tridosha or simply the three doshas which are: vata, pitta, kapha. These are known as the human constitutions and we each have all three in us, but one usually predominates. Part of understanding and uncovering how Ayurveda fits into our lives is by assessing and become aware of what dosha we are. It is important to note that a constitution will take form when we have an imbalance in our body. We are all born with a tendency to show aspects of a certain constitution when we’re out of balance.

以下是三种气场：

瓦塔（空气+空间）--这种体质与运动和空气有关。这种体质的人通常较瘦、体重较轻、皮肤干燥粗糙、头发干枯、食欲不佳、焦躁不安、思维活跃、情绪倾向于焦虑、恐惧和不安全感。这些人富有创造力、活跃、机警、不安分。
Pitta（火+水）--与体热和消化有关。这种体质的人通常体型适中，皮肤和头发柔软油腻、温暖，食欲旺盛，具有进取心和聪明才智，情绪上有愤怒和嫉妒的倾向。这些人雄心勃勃，喜欢成为领导者。
Kapha（水+土）--这种体质与稳定、能量、润滑有关。体型偏胖，头发浓密、油腻。他们的头脑冷静、迟钝。情绪冷静、贪婪、执着，有积累、持有和占有的倾向。这类人往往富有。
三性的范围比上述描述要广泛得多，但也许你能在其中看到自己的影子？这其实只是一个起点，帮助你评估自己现在所处的位置。三性一直在互动和变化，尤其是与我们的环境和饮食有关。