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Rasa : The Six Tastes

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Ayurvedsutra Vol 07 issue 08 14 - Rasa : The Six Tastes

In Ayurveda, Rasa can mean feeling or emotion as well as taste. And each of the tastes can have a subtle emotional or mental effect on our awareness, as well as on our physical state.

The knowledge of Rasa or taste is considered very important for the purpose of treatment. Charaka brings this out very succinctly in this way: “A physician well versed with the classification of Rasa and Dosha seldom commits a mistake in diagnosing and treating a disease.”

There are six tastes identified by Ayurveda

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Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha

Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India is an Ayurveda physician who is also a recipient of Padmashri Award for Medicine in 2015. He is the former Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Ayurveda University, Jamnagar. He is the Founder, Chakrapani Ayurveda Clinic & Research Center, Jaipur.