The Way of

Ayurvedic
Herbs

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Potent and Cozy: Sex and Romance

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 Branch Name

Internal Medicine Kaya Chikitsa

Kaumar Bhritya, or
Pediatrics
Bala Chikitsa

Bhoot Vidya, or
Psychiatry
Graha Chikitsa

Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology (ENT) Shalakya Chikitsa

Shalya Tantra, or
Surgery
Shalya Chikitsa

Agad Tantra, or
Toxicology
Visha Chikitsa

Geriatrics, Anti-aging Rasayana

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Sexual Life and Aphrodisiacs Vajikarana
 Sex
Sex act important in maintaining
sexual pleasure and potency
Atmosphere
sweet music
sweet fragrance
flowers
Partners should be physically,
emotionally and spiritually involved
with each other
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 Sex

Satisfying sexual union gives health &

vitality each person
Essential that both partners are
satisfied
Unsatisfying sex aggravates the doshas
& reduces immunity

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 Sex

Afterwards
urinate to balance the energy in the pelvis
relax, perhaps with a warm bath
Finish with special drink, hot milk/
almond milk, ghee, honey, dates,
saffron

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 Rejuvenating Drink
(especially for after sex)
8-10 oz. milk
1-3 tsp. grated fresh ginger root
1-3 tsp. black sesame seed (or white sesame
seed)
1-3 tsp. ghee

 
Cinnamon and clove to taste. Honey to taste if
desired. Warm milk to comfortable drinking
temperature. Blend ingredients in blender.
Drink after sex, especially men, or daily as a
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 Almond After Sex Drink

10 raw almonds
1 cup warm milk
1 t natural sugar
Pinch saffron
Pinch nutmeg
Soak 10 almonds overnight. Remove
skin. Blend ingredients until smooth.

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 Preserved Dates
Low libido, sexual debility, chronic fatigue
10 fresh dates
Quart ghee
1 t ginger
1/8 teaspoon cardamom
Pinch saffron
Add dates to quart jar of ghee. Add
remaining ingredients. Cover jar, store in
warm place for 2 weeks.
1 date daily every morning.
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Vata types may seek satisfaction by
having multiple partners.

Pitta types are usually on a quest for

more sexual intensity.

Kapha types are steady, loyal.

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 Frequency
V—Sex 1-2 times per month
P— Sex once every 2 weeks
K—2-3 times per week

V & P damaged by excessive sexual

activity
K typically have ample ojas, good
stamina
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Vajikarana Remedies
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Sex and Romance
with
Ayurvedic Herbs

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 Key Issues:
Right herb
Right quality
Right dose

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Best aphrodisiac
is…

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Garlic

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 Garlic

Generates heat and sexual energy

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 Garlic

Effective, fast-acting
Aphrodisiac
Hot
Drying

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Garlic milk

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 Aphrodisiac Garlic Milk

1 cup milk
¼ cup water
1 clove garlic, chopped
Add garlic to milk and water. Boil gently
to reduce to 1 cup liquid.

Drink at bedtime.

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 Ginger Garlic Soup

Balances Vata & Kapha

Cleanses the system
Digests ama
Anti-oxidant properties
Improves immunity
Appetizer
Common cold, asthma
Heart , cholesterol
Constipation, gas

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 Ginger Garlic Soup
25 g Ginger
50 g Garlic
50 g Onion
¼ t Ghee
½ t Corn flour
½ t Black pepper, powder
½ t Cumin, powder
½ Coriander, powder
Grate ginger, peel onion, garlic, chop. Sauté onion,
garlic, ginger in ghee. Add water, simmer ½ hour.
Add corn flour, cook until it thickens. Add pepper,
cumin, coriander powder. Serve.

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 Cinnamon bark

Circulation
Hot
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Aphrodisiac Blend

Garlic bulb
Cinnamon bark
Ginger root
Cardamom seed
Ashwaganda root

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 Strengthening drink

Men with low sex drive

1 t ashwaganda
½ t vidari
Warm milk
Warm milk, add herbal powder.
Drink at bedtime.
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Ashwaganda
Nepal
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Rejuvenating entire nervous
system
nurturing, calming, clarifying

Comparable to Chyavanprash
in many ways

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Aswagandharishtam

Ashwaganda, safed musali,

manjishta, haritaki, vidari,
musta,
anantamul, chandana, vacha,
chitrak, nagakesara

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Shatavari

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Shatavari

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Shatavari Root

“Hundred husbands”
Major female tonic
Cool, moist
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 Pelvic affinity
Lactation, semen Photo Prashanti deJager
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 Increased sexual drive
1 part shatavari
1 part vidari
1/8 part nutmeg
½ part tagara (Indian Valerian)
Warm milk

Add 1 teaspoon this mixture 1 cup

warm milk. Drink twice daily, once
each in morning and evening. Drink for
a month for effect.
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Herbal Sex Drink for Women

1 t shatavari
½ t vidari
1 cup warm milk
Add herbal powders to warm milk.
Drink at night before bed.

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Fenugreek seed

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 Fenugreek seed

Phytohormone source (legume)

↑Lactation

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Methi

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Methi parantha

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 Fenugreek seed

Trigonella foenum-graecum
Widely used as a galactagogue (milk
producing agent) by nursing
mothers to increase inadequate
breast milk supply

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Vidarikand

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 Vidarikand tuber
Pueraria tuberosa
Indian kudzu
Sweet, heavy, cold
Legume
General tonic, estrogenic
Aphrodisiac
Menorrhagia, dysmennorhea
↑Lactation, a la shatavari
Hot flashes
5 grams with milk

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 Vidaryadi Lehyam (jelly)

Vidari
Castor oil
Punarnava
Cedar (Devadaru)
Kapikacchu
Shatavari
Etc.

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 Vidaryadi Lehyam (jelly)

Base of honey, sugar, etc.

Tonic, digestion, cardiovascular,
hemorrhoids, liver
5-10 g bid

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Gokshura

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Ayurvedic sex herb

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Gokshura seed (fruit)

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 Gokshura seed (fruit)

Kidney

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 Gokshura seed (fruit)

Kidney
Mood (Depression/SAD)

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 Gokshura seed (fruit)

Kidney
Mood (Depression/SAD)
Sex/Stamina

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 Gokshura seed (fruit)

Kidney
Mood (Depression/SAD)
Sex/Stamina
5g per day

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 Gokshura in U.S.
(accidently introduced on Mediterranean livestock)
Gokshura in Oregon
Gokshura in Oregon
Gokshura in California
Gokshura in Washington
Gokshura range
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Gokshura seed (fruit)

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Kidney, stamina, sex tonic

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Gokshura

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 Gokshura

Churna
Gokshura ghee
Gokshura takra or lassi
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Kidney, stamina, sex tonic

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Shilajit mineral pitch

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Shilajit

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Shilajit

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Widely used in Ayurveda
Tarry black or brown substance, exudes
from rock cliffs in Himalayas
Thought to be aged form of prehistoric
herb seeping to earth’s surface, origin
still remains obscure

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Tar purified, dried, encapsulate/stir into
milk
Many combination products include
shilajit
Shilajit Vati
mixture of shilajit paste & triphala powder,
processed in juices of fresh triphala fruits
Take shilajit daily with equal parts black

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Kapi kacchu seed

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Nervine tonic
Vajikarana
Mood
Energy
Depression

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 Kapi kachu seed
(Cowhage, Mucuna pruriens)
One of best male reproductive
Contains l-dopa
Increases libido and erectile function
For impotence, powder 2 seeds, take with
warm milk daily at bedtime
Traditional aphrodisiac (Vanari Vatika) made
by boiling the seeds in milk. Then seeds
pounded, fried in ghee, mixed with raw
sugar. Mass soaked in honey rolled into
bolus
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Saffron

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Saffron

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Kumkum or Kesar
Aphrodisiac, cardiotonic, diuretic,
emmenagogue, galactagogue, liver tonic,
nervine
Edema, painful menstruation,
amenorrhea

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Asafoetida gum

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Asafoetida

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 Asafoetida

“Hing”
Strong smell
Digestion, circulation
Strong downward moving energy
Constipation, swollen prostate

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 Hingwastak
Equal parts:
Pippali (Piper longum)
Ginger (Zingiber offinale)
Kali Mirch (Piper nigrum)
Ajwain (Carum copticum)
Saindhava (Rock salt)
Sveta jeeraka (Cuminum cyminum)
Krsna jeeraka (Carum carvi)

One-eighth part:
Hing (Ferula foetida)

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Nutmeg

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 Nutmeg
Nutmeg

Carminative
Diarrhea
Sedative

Premature ejaculation

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 Nutmeg

Carminative
Diarrhea
Sedative

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Carminative
Diarrhea
Sedative

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Nutmeg

Sedative

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Anxiety

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Insomnia

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Nutmeg Kerala

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Nutmeg Takra

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 Ashoka

“No grief”
 Ashoka

Saraca asoca
Leguminosae

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 Ashoka
Saraca asoca (Saraca indica)
Leguminosae
“without sorrow”
Bark, flower, leaf
Rasa (Taste) Kashaya (Astringent); Tikta (Bitter)
Guna (Characteristics) Laghu (Light); Ruksha (Rough)
Veerya (Potency) Sheeta (Cool and calm)
Prabhava-Vedana sthapana
(spasmodic and congestive pain of
dysmenorrhea)
Menstrual bleeding
PMS

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 Ashokarishta
Jaggery, Ashoka, Five flame bush, Indian
crocus, Wild celery, Nutgrass, Ginger,
Haritaki, Amla, Bibitaki, Mango, Cumin,
Malabar nut

PMS
Leucorrhoea, hematuria, menorrhagia,
dysmenorrhea, menstrual cycle
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Sex and Romance
with
Ayurvedic Foods

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 Mango

Stamina
Sexual strength
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Mango Pudding

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Okra

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Okra

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Okra curry

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Okra tofu

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 Milk

Sexual strength
Breast health, lactation
Serve with warming spices,
tonic herbs
Cook with tonic foods
(date, garlic)
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Never cold
Warm spiced milk is tonic

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Split milk

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Date milk

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Garlic milk

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Therapies

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Lehyam
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 Lehyam/Leha/Avaleha

“Electuaries”
Aka: Gulam, Rasayanam, Prasam (“Prash”)
Thickened, sweetened extracts (jaggery,
honey)
Single herb or combination herbs, animal,
mineral products
Consistency of jam
Rasayana (nutritive, tissue building)

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Shatavari
Musali
Cardamom
Vidarikand
Honey
Etc.
15gm (1Tbs) twice daily

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Medicated Jam
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 Jellies

Preserved by sugar
Sweet and oily enhances tonic property
Hard to digest
Digestives included in formula
 Chyavanprash
(and other avaleha,
gulam, lehyam)

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Shatavari Rasayana Herbal Jam

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Shatavari
Musali
Cardamom
Vidarikand
Honey
Etc.
15gm (1Tbs) twice daily

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Shatavari gulam (jelly)

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 Chyavanprash

Herbal jelly
Amla fruit
35 ingredients

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Amla

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Cooking Amla

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 Making
Chyawanprash

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Sexual

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Jelly

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Immune support, Inflammation

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Additional Therapies

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Shirobasti

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Shirodara

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Takradara

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Takradara

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Nasya

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 Six seed oil Nasya
Sinusitis
Headache
Nasal congestion

Bringraj juice
Castor
Tagara
Vidanga
Licorice
Ginger
Etc.

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 Sex
Behavior
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Vata
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Variable/low libido

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Strong sex desire
Low sex energy

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Many romantic
relationships

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Pitta
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Moderate libido

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 Passionate
Dominating
Moderate fertility

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 Intense
Relationships

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Kapha
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Loyal
Calm
Stable
Sensual

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Low, constant libido
Devoted

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Pairs
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Kapha woman
Vata man
Kapha woman
Vata man
Vata and Pitta
Vata and Pitta
Aging Pitta
Vata
Aging Pitta
Vata
 Pairs
Good match
K+V
P + V or K
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Kapha woman
Vata man
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Challenging match
V+V
P+P
K+K
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 If Vata
Marries Vata

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Checkbook never gets blanced
Pitta and
Pitta

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 If Pitta
Marries Pitta

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 Kapha
Favorite Place
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 If Kapha
Marries Kapha

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Clear and Conscious: Mind and Spirit

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