Kapha-naashak mudra is useful to decrease Kapha dosha.
This mudra also increases Pitta humor in the body. Due to its effect on Pitta humour, its also called as a pitta-kaarak mudra.
Other names of Kapha naashak mudra
Pitta-Kaarak mudra
Kidney Mudra
How to do Kapha naashak mudra
This mudra is very easy to do, just placing the tip of the ring finger and little finger in the base of thumb finger is enough to form Kapha nashak mudra.
The impact of Kapha-naashak mudra on health
According to Ayurveda, doshas control how your body works. Kapha dosha controls muscle growth, body strength and stability, weight, and your immune system.
Kapha-nashak mudra decreases Kapha humor and increases pita humor within the body. Pitta plays a significant role in the heat and digestion of the body. This mudra is the best mudra for the person who has a deficiency in pita and excess in Kapha.
Effects of Kapha-naashak mudra practice
The practice of this mudra increases Pitta humor and reduces Kapha humor in the body. Pitta is interested in body heat and the circulatory system. These entities are stimulated and strengthened by this mudra. It is an excellent mudra for people with excess Kapha or pitta deficiency in their bodies. You can do this mudra regularly to prevent diseases. If you have an excess of pitta in your body then you should do this mudra in moderation only
Benefits of Kapha-naashak mudra
- Improve enthusiasm and initiative.
- The slowness of perception and activities.
- Improve self-esteem.
- To overcome all the health problems of the winter season.
- The coldness of skin.
- Oily, greasy skin or hair.
- Absent of scanty perspiration.
- Loss of appetite, indigestion, slow digestion.
- Thirstlessness.
- Obesity or easy weight gain.
- Hypothyroidism.
- Scanty menses
- Excessive mucous in the respiratory, digestive tracts causing colds, wet cough, sticky stools, etc
Pitta-kaarak mudrā is very useful in the treatment of vision-related disorders and eye disorders.
This mudrā can heal all the diseases that caused due to an excess of Kapha.
Duration for Kapha naashak mudra practice
30 minutes of regular practice is enough to get good results of Kapha-nashak mudra. You can do this mudra at any time or any place. But in the early hours of the morning or while meditation is very effective.
Precautions
If you are a pitta excess or Kapha deficient person then do this mudra in moderation only.