印度醫學Ayurveda之dosha三種力量的科學研究

印度醫學Ayurveda是根據三種督夏doshas的原理而來的。將人分成三種體質，vata, pitta, and kapha，三種體質的分類並非絕對，你可能是其中兩種體型的混合，也可能含有70%的vata，20%的pitta，10%的kapha。而Ayurveda醫生判斷三種體質的成分百分比之後，會以印度草藥、或精油按摩、或食物改變、或心理層面、或斷食療法、或瑜珈體位法等等做治療。以下的論文是由Hankey A.發表，論文並沒有顯示這個人的來歷，是醫學院或者某大學。刊登在J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Jun;11(3):385-90.

論文發現有一種coenzyme A(輔酵素A)，我想大概是作者自己命名的吧，這種coenzyme A可能就是doshas力量存在的證據，

A previous paper hypothesized that the tridosha of Ayurveda--vata, pitta, and kapha--constitute regulatory systems respectively controlling input/output, turnover, and storage; functions systems analysis identifies as fundamental to all open systems. This would make them universal properties of all living organisms, as Ayurveda itself maintains. This paper proposes independent scientific evidence for the proposed identification of the doshas and for the systems analysis on which it is based. In particular, it points to coenzyme A, a key component of fatty acid metabolism. Its universal presence in all cells implies that it is an evolutionary invariant ant that the biochemical pathway on which it lies must be exceptionally significant. The systems analysis shows that the pathway connects the cellular functions of energy turnover and energy storage, fundamental to the overall strategy of cell regulation. This, combined with the requirement for the pathway's close regulation, makes it effectively impossible to replace coenzyme A by a combination of simultaneous mutations or sequence of mutations and it should indeed remain invariant during evolution. The universality of coenzyme A is therefore consistent with its identified role, and supports the systems analysis identifying the doshas. Their systems functions survive developmental transformations of evolution with recognizable continuity. By virtue of that, vata, pitta, and kapha can be identified with them in all species.