Sapta Dhatus: The Seven Supports

As the tridosha theory is be used to explain the principle of function in the human body, the sapta dhatus, or ‘seven supports,’ is used to describe the principle of structure. The sapta dhatu model is another aid for the practitioner to discover the specific actions of tridosha and target it within a structural model. Just as anatomy cannot be seriously studied without an understanding of physiology, any study of the dhatus must take tridosha into account.