• བད་ཀན།
  • bad kan
  • śleṣma
  • kapha
  • śleṣman
  • Term
Publications: 3
  • phlegm
  • བད་ཀན།
  • bad kan
  • śleṣma
Definition in this text:

One of the three vital substances in the body, along with wind and bile, which result in good health when balanced and illness or less than optimal health when imbalanced.

  • phlegm
  • བད་ཀན།
  • bad kan
  • śleṣman
Definition in this text:

One of the three doṣas in traditional Indian medicine whose typical features include coolness, smoothness, moistness, and heaviness.

  • phlegm
  • བད་ཀན།
  • bad kan
  • kapha AO
Definition in this text:

One of the three humors (doṣa) in the Āyurveda medical tradition.