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EARTH

Qualities: Heavy, rough, stable, slow, solid

Earth provides structure, protection, resistance and density. In Ayurveda, it is associated with the sense of smell.

In our Body this element is represented by the membrane of our cells, our bony and muscular structure. Besides it shapes our organs (heart, liver, pancreas, brain...) and our body (limbs, fingers, toes, neck, head...).

WATER

Qualities: Moist, cool, unctuous, soft

The functions of Water are: nourishment, lubrification, fluidity and cohesion. It facilitates the perception of taste by means of saliva.

Water is the more obvious element in our physical body. Indeed it constitutes 70% of the latter. It manifests itself in all our body fluids: blood, lymph, gastric secretions, hormonal secretions, sweat, urine, synovial fluid in the joints...In fact water is present within every cells of our body as well as in their interstitial environment.