Shita Guna
The cold quality among the twenty gunas; produces numbness, contraction, fear, and insensitivity, slows digestion, and reduces immunity.
Definition
Shita is the cold quality, one of the twenty gunas of Ayurveda. It is associated with numbness, unconsciousness, contraction, fear, and insensitivity in the body, slows digestion, and reduces immunity.
Source: Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Glossary
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