EARTH
The origin of the Earth Element is the Tanmatra of smell called gandha.
Earth element in the body and the capacity to smell are deeply connected.
Gandha tanmatra is the primordial cause of the experience of smell. It is the seed energy or potential, emerging from the causal body, which sprouts into the earth element. The earth element then builds the potential for the experience of smell in the subtle body and the structures through which smell can be experienced in the physical body.
Thus, the gandha tanmatra is not the smell itself but smell is dependent upon it. Disorders of the ability to smell reflect an imbalance of the earth element.
Earth Element products:
KAPHA TEA
Kapha Dosha Tea
—one of three Ayurvedic mind-body types—
Ruled by the elements of earth & water.
Kapha personifies heavy, slow, cool, oily, soft and viscous characteristics.
This dosha expresses calmness, smoothness and steadiness when in balance.
When out of balance Kapha is prone to slug- gishness, immovability, & attachment.