Underweight & difficulty gaining
Low body weight and difficulty building tissue — usually a vata excess with weak nourishment of the dhatus.
Classical sources
- Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 21 — Ashtauninditiya (the over-lean)
- Ashtanga Hridayam — Sutrasthana — dhatu nourishment
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