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Ayurveda with Initial - N

Nadi
Pulse, any tubular organ such as vein or artery.

Nasya
Herbal medication of nasal is called nasya. In the medictaion the excess bodily humors that accumulate in the sinus, throat, nose or head is eliminated by the means of the nearest possible opening, the nose.

Naimittika
A cause to achieve a specific result.

Nanatmaja
A result (disease) caused by single factor (dosa).

Neem
Margosa tree, Latin name: Azadirachta indica.

Netra
Eye.

Nidana
Cause of disease and investigating it.

Nidra
Sleep.

Nija
Innate, one's own, internal.

Niruha (Basti)
An enema not of an oily kind.

Niyama
Restrain, regulate, to fix upon, control, check.