PERSONAL PROFILES OF INDIVIDUALS IN DIFFERENT PRAKRUTIS
PRAKRUTI | VATA | PITTA | KAPHA |
Physique | Lean and Lanky Built (Cerebrotonic) | Moderately Built (Somatotonic) | Heavily Built (Viscerotonic) and obese if not careful |
Activity | Quick in action; overactive | Moderate in action | Thoughtful in action |
Appetite | Irregular appetite | Sharp hunger | Moderate appetite; good eater |
Digestion | Disturbed digestion | Good digestion | Slow but good digestion |
Inner drive | Over enthusiastic | Seriously enthusiastic | Very balanced; less enthusiastic |
Life style | Vivacious; hyper-excitable | Hyper-irritable and angry in stress | Not irritable or angry even in stress but determined in action |
Inner self | Dreamy by nature | Practical in approach | Down to earth in thinking |
Sleep | Disturbed sleep | Moderate sleep | Good and more sleep |
Intellect | Fast to understand and fast to forget | Sharp intellect; very good in grasping and retention | Learning process slow and steady |
Mental disposition | Tense; worried; confused; shows outbreaks of energy and mood; disturbed in emergencies | Occasionally tense but not confused; Utilises energy in right direction; More cautions in emergencies | No tension; no confusion; steady, discharge of energy-often slow; very careful; calculative |
Walk | Fast way of walking | Moderate walk | Slow and careful walk |
Temperament | Always in haste for no sound reason | Fast but not hasty | No haste, take it easy nature |
Likes / Dislikes | Avoids cold weather; likes hot food | Dislikes hot food, sun; hot weather, like cooling drinks and food | Dislikes cold and stale food; likes hot and fresh food |
Skin | Rough and cracked skin | Smooth and Supple skin | Oily skin |
Eyes | Turbid; not bright; unstable | Reddish; bright; probing | Clear white; bright; stable |
Vulnerable to | Insomnia; anxiety, constipation and gas; indigestion; rheumatic disorders | Heartburns; wounds; gastroduodenal ulcers; haemorrhoids; acne and inflammatory skin conditions | Sinus, congestion; cold and cough; allergies and bronchial asthma; obesity; lethargy; oedema; metabolic errors like diabetes, excess sleep |
Handling the situation | Excitable initially; tends to flee in odd circumstances | very courageous; bold; fights till the end | Calculated fight or flight approach |