They will, however, outline a plan that optimizes your body's ability to heal itself. Usually the program includes being willing to make dietary or lifestyle changes, and sticking with them even after the immediate symptoms abate. In return, you'll feel more balanced and energetic. The first step to choosing a complementary therapy is to understand the basics. Here's a brief overview of three therapies and how they function.
Pitta is the fiery quality characterized by heat.
Water and earth are the dominant forces of the third dosha, called kapha . Adjectives that describe kapha include heavy, static, cool and mucoid. Kapha people are generally heavyset, affectionate and relaxed, and tend toward obesity and congestive disorders such as sinus infections, bronchitis, asthma and diabetes. People are made up of a combination of all three doshas, though usually one or two of them are predominant. Then we take measures to rebalance, or 'unexaggerate,' them.