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KMID : 0861120090130020019
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2009 Volume.13 No. 2 p.19 ~ p.26
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Analysis on the Survey of Skin Types According to Vata, Pitta, Kapha Constitution in Ayurveda
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Kim Young-Mi
Choi Eun-Young
Chang Byung-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was investigated to the relationship ayurvedic constitution and each skin hydration and pH.
Methods: The questionaire survey and skin analysis of female students attending university located in Chugnam was carried out in order to assess skin types according to ayurvedic constituion such as vata, pitta and kapha. Data analysis were used describe statistics, ANOVA in Duncan’s multiple comparative test and Pearson’s correlation by SPSS. Skin hydration and pH was measured by Corneometer and skin-pH meter.
Results: The results of this study are as follows. First, in terms of knowledge of ayurvedic constitutional types most students are not aware of that. Second, the most common constitution in the ayurveda medical system was pitta. Third, in the analysis of skin type by constitution of ayurveda, vata had dry skin while pitta and kapha tended to have more combination skin. However, this result didn’t show any statistically significant difference either. Forth, the analysis of skin tone by constitution of ayurveda showed that vata was white, and pitta and kapha were just average. Discussion and
Conclusion: The results of this study was shown that the difference between Korean and Indian, so we should develop effective diagnosis tool for Korean people. In the future, we expect that ayurvedic skin and body program developed by this study spread and practical use at esthetic industry and domain of esthetics in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Ayurveda, Skin analysis, Questionaire, Vata, Pitta, Kapha
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