Department of Kaya Chikitsa, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow University, Lucknow, 226003, India.
Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2021;1343:39-55. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-80983-6_4.
Hot (Ushna) and cold (sheet) are two fundamental precepts of Ayurvedic medicine reflected variously within the context of health and disease. These are fundamental for being essential attributes of three doshas, namely, Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, forming the very basis of Ayurvedic constructs of health and disease. Ushna is the inherent property of Pitta, symbolizing fire both inside and outside the body. There are pathologies of Pitta where this Ushna property participates in pathogenesis to present the features like burning, sour eructation, and fever. In such cases, the course of treatment eventually focuses on reducing Pitta or reducing the Ushna property of Pitta, in particular. A similar cold association is found with Vata and Kapha, where the pathogenesis is reflected as heaviness, cold and cough, and edema. The treatment of Vata and Kapha diseases eventually focuses upon their reduction or reducing cold-related pathogenesis, in particular. This is evident that these two form an essential and integral component of Ayurvedic understanding of health and disease and are practically applied to make a diagnosis and define the treatment. In this chapter, we are expanding the details of Ushna and Sheeta constructs of Ayurvedic medicine and elaborating on their health and disease application.
热（乌沙那）和冷（巴塔）是阿育吠陀医学的两个基本原理，在健康和疾病的背景下有不同的体现。它们是三德瓦塔、皮塔和卡法的基本属性，构成了阿育吠陀健康和疾病结构的基础。乌沙那是皮塔的固有特性，象征着体内和体外的火。在皮塔发生病理变化时，这种乌沙那特性参与发病机制，表现出灼热、反酸和发热等特征。在这种情况下，治疗过程最终侧重于减少皮塔或减少皮塔的乌沙那特性。与瓦塔和卡法也有类似的冷关联，发病机制表现为沉重、寒冷和咳嗽以及水肿。瓦塔和卡法疾病的治疗最终侧重于减少它们或减少与冷相关的发病机制，特别是。这表明这两者构成了阿育吠陀对健康和疾病理解的基本和不可或缺的组成部分，并在实践中用于做出诊断和确定治疗方法。在本章中，我们将扩展阿育吠陀医学中乌沙那和谢塔结构的详细信息，并详细阐述它们在健康和疾病中的应用。
