Kapha — head and cranial seat

Upper Kapha reserve

The head point records the cranial component of Kapha's upper seat, complementing the chest and lung anchor. Its placement is intentionally broad and iconic because the classical descriptions do not define a measured cranial sub-region for a front-view diagram.

Vāta seat — sacral and pelvic anchorVāta — pakvāśaya / colonPitta — grahaṇī and nābhiPitta — liver regionPitta — spleen regionKapha — uras / chest and lungsKapha — head and cranial seatKapha — head and cranial seat

Point 7 of 7 in Tridoṣa — Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha seats

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Kapha site lists include the head and upper cranial region in the classical doṣa-seat framework.

Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam (primary_canonical)

Supports head-related Kapha placement; the single front-view head anchor is a rendering simplification.

Vasant Lad, Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (secondary)

Modern teaching source for Kapha's upper-body and cranial associations.

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