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Podcast: Ayurveda Digested
Episode: Ayurveda vs Functional Medicine: Treat the Root Cause (Vata Pitta Kapha, Constipation & Stages of Disease)
Description: Show Notes:In this episode of Ayurveda Digested, Nicholas and Bridge explore what truly separates Ayurveda from symptom-chasing wellness culture—and even from functional medicine. Using constipation as a surprisingly perfect case study, they unpack how vata, pitta, and kapha constipation may look similar on the surface, yet require completely different support based on vikṛti first, prakṛti always.The conversation expands into gut imbalances like Candida and H. pylori, why “killing the bug” isn’t the same as rebuilding the terrain, and how Ayurveda’s six stages of disease invite earlier, gentl...