Meda dhātu — adipose proxy
Fourth tissue / lubrication and reserve
Meda dhātu is represented in the abdomen, a broad proxy for reserve, lubrication, and metabolic storage in modern Ayurvedic teaching. It maps a substance/tissue classification to a target-organ region rather than describing the anatomical distribution of adipose tissue.
Point 4 of 7 in Dravyaguṇa — Seven Dhātu Affinity
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)
The dhātu sequence identifies meda as the fatty/adipose tissue and discusses its relation to nourishment and lubrication; it does not define a normalized abdominal point.
Vasant Lad, Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (secondary)
Modern explanatory account of meda dhātu as fat tissue and reserve; the central-abdomen position is used as a broad teaching proxy.