Cancer And āYurveda: Understand Your Constitution

In a birth chart, many influences have to be considered to find out one's body type. Consulting an experienced Ayurvedic doctor will help you to understand your body constitution.

Generally, the Ayurvedic doṣa (body constitution) related to Cancer is kapha.

If you experience symptoms such as lethargy, a feeling of heaviness, nausea, chills, looseness of the limbs, coughing, mucus discharges, breathing difficulties and a tendency to sleep too much and high cholesterol, you may be suffering from kapha imbalance. Other symptoms can be inertia, congestion, stagnation and circulation problems. There may be a tendency toward obesity and boredom, depression, apathy, laziness, and mental dullness may be present.

If you are easy going, forgiving, physically strong, stable and reliable, slow to anger, active and positive minded, have a strong immune system, full of mental resolve, rational thinking, endurance, adaptability, long term memory, then your kaphais balanced.

Here are some of the common characteristics of people who have predominantly kapha body constitution:

• ❍ Relaxed disposition, slow paced
• ❍ Loving, forgiving, compassionate personality
• ❍ Stable nature, reliable
• ❍ Faithful
• ❍ Physically strong and heavy and large body, enduring constitution
• ❍ Slow speech, good memory power,
• ❍ Large watery eyes
• ❍ Prone to heavy depression
• ❍ Gentle, self sufficient
• ❍ Excellent health, strong resistance to disease,
• ❍ Slow to anger, greedy, envious
• ❍ Tend to hold on to things, possessive of people, money
• ❍ Physical problems generally include colds and congestion, sinus, headaches, respiratory problems including asthma and wheezing, hay fever, allergies, and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and constipation.