The TISSUES

In Ayurveda seven tissue levels are recognized. Each tissue level feeds the next tissue level, going from the densest to the most subtle. We begin with the digested food, which feeds the plasma. The next level, blood, is fed by some of the plasma being digested into it. Then blood feeds muscle and so on. This means that, in general, to nourish the reproductive level all of the other tissues must have been nourished and digested well so that the next level can receive nourishment. It also takes about 7 days for the nutrition to move from one level to the next---thus about 35 days to build the reproductive tissue. Tissue health can be ascertained by examination & questioning and by pulse diagnosis. In addition to foods, special herbs can be used to build tissues or increase digestion of that tissue level.