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The Rakta dhatu is constituted with the dominance of [[agni mahabhuta]] and all other [[mahabhuta]]. It possesses properties like peculiar smell (vistrata), liquidity(dravata), red color(raga), pulsation(spandanam) and lightness to get circulated (laghuta) due to [[Prithvi]],[[ jala]],[[teja]], [[vayu]] and [[akasha mahabhuta]] are spectively. [Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 14/9] | The Rakta dhatu is constituted with the dominance of [[agni mahabhuta]] and all other [[mahabhuta]]. It possesses properties like peculiar smell (vistrata), liquidity(dravata), red color(raga), pulsation(spandanam) and lightness to get circulated (laghuta) due to [[Prithvi]],[[ jala]],[[teja]], [[vayu]] and [[akasha mahabhuta]] are spectively. [Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 14/9] | ||
Rakta dhatu is neither too hot nor too cold(anushna-sheeta), sweet (madhura), unctuous (snigdha), red(rakta), heavy(guru), with peculiar smell (vistra).It can get affected by the same substances that provoke [[pitta dosha]].[Su. | Rakta dhatu is neither too hot nor too cold(anushna-sheeta), sweet (madhura), unctuous (snigdha), red(rakta), heavy(guru), with peculiar smell (vistra).It can get affected by the same substances that provoke [[pitta dosha]].[Su. Sa. Sutra Sthana 21/17] | ||
==Formation and metabolism of rakta dhatu== | ==Formation and metabolism of rakta dhatu== | ||