What's Your Dosha?
Posted by Deb Oxley on Feb 14th 2015
In it's simplest terms, a 'Dosha' is one of three body
types according to ancient Ayurvedic medicine. The dosha system
encompasses every aspect of that body type, including recommendations
for diet, extercise, rest, herbs, skincare.. and so forth. For our
purposes, we'll keep it pretty basic and only address your skin type
dosha.
The first dosha we'll address is called 'Vata'. Vata type skin is typically thin and fine, almost poreless, but prone to being dry and rough and ages faster than other types.
' Pitta' dosha refers to skin that is thicker than Vata, but also has a tendency towards redness & freckles, as well as being very sensitive and allergy prone, and is often plagued with rosacea, adult acne, psoriasis and eczema.
' Kapha' dosha is the thickest skin type and ages the slowest, but is also prone to being oily, and having enlarged pores. Kapha types can also suffer acne eruptions and breakouts.
It's rare for someone to be a pure type dosha, but most people will
definitely have a predominant type, and that is what
should guide you in making your skin care selections.
(TEST YOUR DOSHA)
At Teva Skin Science, all our products are based in this time tested Ayurvedic skin care system, using all organic and/or fair-trade
sustainably sourced wild-gathered botanicals (which we steam extract in
house) and essential oils. The most exciting part of all this is that
modern science is daily proving the efficacy of these time-tested
ingredients in laboratory settings!
In the upcoming weeks and months,
we will be bringing you regular blog posts detailing each and every
ingredient we use, why we use it, where it comes from and what it can do
for your skin. We are building an interactive glossary for easy
reference on our new website at
www.tevaskincare.com so you can refer
back to it anytime and see which products have the ingredients best
suited to address your unique skin care challenges.
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