What dosha is my child?-Questionnaire

This questionnaire is a good guideline for parents to know what dosha is their child. You can implement diet and life style accordingly. It you child is sick or have special needs, please consult your ayurvedic practitioner.

 

Ayurvedic Assessment Questionnaire for Children

PHYSICAL PROFILE

	VATA (WINTER)	PITTA (SUMMER)	KAPHA (SPRING)
Body Size	thin, usually tall or short, underdeveloped	medium build, proportional, balanced	thick, heavy build, tall or average height
Joints	prominent, protruding, irregular	regular, medium	large, well-lubricated, fleshy
Eyes	dark brown, gray or black, jumpy, small	green, blue, sharp, penetrating, medium	blue, soft brown, liquid, large
Hair	tough, curly, coarse, brown/black	fine, thin, soft, straight, blond, light brown, red	strong, thick, soft, wavy, brown
Teeth	small, crocked and/or protruding, irregular	medium sized, a little bit yellow, sensitive, easily irritated gums	naturally large, straight and white
Weight	thin, difficulty gaining weight	medium, can gain or lose weight	heavy, gain weight easily & struggle to lose
Skin temperature	often have cold hands and feet	skin that is warm to touch,  hot, sweaty feet	hands and feet are cool and damp
Skin	dry, rough and thin skin	warm, oily skin with pimples, rashes & with moles, freckles, sunburns easily	thick, naturally lubricated skin
Tongue	dry tongue with a thin grayish coating	yellowish, orange or reddish tongue coating	thick, curdy, white tongue coating
Bowel Movements	hard, dry, irregular bowel movements	loose bowel movements, twice a day	one full large movement a day
Illness	tend towards illnesses of nervous system	tend towards fevers, rashes, inflammation	tend towards swelling, fluid retention, mucous, congestion
Immunity	poor resistance to colds and/or acute allergies	medium resistance to colds, prone to infections	strong resistance, tend towards chronic condition
Endurance	poor endurance, energy fluctuates and often comes in bursts	average stamina and average strength	consistent energy, stamina (does at steady pace for long time)

EMOTIONAL PROFILE

	VATA (WINTER)	PITTA (SUMMER)	KAPHA (SPRING)
Reaction to Stress	fear, nervousness or anxiety	irritability, frustration or anger	tend to feel apathetic or insecure
Sensitivity	over-sensitive, emotions change easily	strong or forceful about opinions, give even if not asked for	conservative, hold back opinion
Moods	change quickly	change slowly	steady, unchanging
When feeling hurt	cries	argues	withdraws
Relations with parents	clingy	jealous	secure
Showing affection	with words	with actions	with touch
Level of confidence	timid	shows outer confidence	shows inner confidence

MENTAL PROFILE

	VATA (WINTER)	PITTA (SUMMER)	KAPHA (SPRING)
Concentration	have poor concentration, learn quickly, forget easily	good short & long-term memory, logical, rational thoughts	take time to learn things but then don’t forget
Learning ability	quick to grasp	medium to grasp	slow to grasp
Speech	tend to speak quickly, change the subject and talk a lot	tend to be more orderly, serious, clear or eloquent in speech	speak slowly, thoughtfully, melodiously
Voice	high pitch	medium pitch	low pitch
Sleep	light sleep, difficulty falling asleep and awakens easily	sound, medium sleep	heavy, long and sound sleep and tend to wake slowly
Dreams	fearful, flying, running	angry, fiery, adventurous	water, clouds, love, relationships
Mind	restless, quick mind	sharp intellect, aggressive	calm, steady, stable

BEHAVIORAL PROFILE

	VATA (WINTER)	PITTA (SUMMER)	KAPHA (SPRING)
Appetite	variable appetite	strong or excessive appetite	steady/slow appetite
Weather	enjoy hot weather, dislike windy, dry and cold days	dislikes heat, prefers  cool weather	dislikes cold and damp days, prefers hot and dry weather
Food & drink	prefers warm	prefers cold	prefers
Routine	likes routine	likes planning	likes to follow a routine
Giving and Sharing	gives a little	large, infrequent giving	gives
Friendships	makes friends easily, short-term friends	tends to have few friends, often related	tends to form long relationships
Getting projects done	easily distracted	focused and dedicated	slow and steady
Response to Stress	gets excited quickly	medium to get excited	slow to get excited

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