Trimala is an Sanskrit term made out from two words i.e. ‘Tri’ means ‘three’ and ‘Mala’ means ‘the waste product’. So finally the word Trimala stands for “The three waste products”. There is a ‘Ttrimala’ theory in Ayurveda which includes include urine, stool, and sweat as the basic principal malas. The excreta of eyes, ears, nose; tears; nails; hair are also included in the mala. Effective elimination of malas is said to be important for maintaining good health or that comes among the basic of health maintenabce. It is one of the pillars that constitute to the basic structure & functioning of the body.
In Ayurveda this mala plays a very important role in maintain the heath which could be understand very easily by a verse i.e. “दोष धातु मल मूलं हि शरीरम् ”
This verse means that Dosha, Dhatu and Mala are the base of the Body. This Mala is already understand with Trimala i.e. urine, stool and sweat. The complete health is not only limited to the equilibrium of dosha and dhatu but also depends upon the proper functioning of mala. Diseases or illnesses can also be caused by imbalances in the waste removal systems of the body.
These primarily Trimals are Purisha (faeces) – which is solid waste or balance of digestive fire; Mutra (urine) and Sveda (sweat or water balance) – which are liquid wastes. Waste products other than the Trimala include tears, spit, oily secretions from the skin and other secretions from the sexual organs.
As per the Ayurveda there is an “Agni” or digsetive fire which converts the ingested items or food into two parts i.e. ‘Prasada’ or ‘Kitta’ form.
Prasada is understood with the part of food which is useful for the body. It helps as a structural and functional unit for the human body. whereas Kitta is assumed as the opposite of the Prasada part; it is the waste product remained after the bifurcation of ingested food. The quality and quantity directly indicates about the proper functioning of the Agni. Every Saptadhatu works in the same pattern and evry dhatu produces a particular mala which is very signifact for the genuine functioning of the body.
It is mainly the waste product generated from the ingested food. After getting the desired qualitative amount of necessary entity from food the remaining is named as the Purisha. Its increased quantity shows the improper working of the digestive system. Because body organs or digestive system are failed to segregate both the prasada or kitta parts.
It is in the solid form which is collectively formed from the Saptadhatu except the ‘Medas dhatu’.
It is in the ‘Liquid’ form which is collectively formed from the Saptadhatu. As per the quality of Mala that its quality and quantity indicates about the wellness about the bidy. So proper qunatity and quality along with proepr excretion suggests so much information about the manifestation, prognosis and cause etc. of the disease.
The expected Dhatu in Purisha formation is Medas dhatu. Whose waste product got a special and distinctive name as ‘Sweda’ or ‘Sweat’. Its genuine functioning informs about the health of an individual.
As it is already mentioned that every Dhatu is produces the mala. But technically every Dahtu produces a particular mala as there end product or waste product i.e.
Rasa dhatu’s mala is kapha.
Rakta dhatu’s mala is Piita.
Mamsa dhatu’s mala is Khamala (waste product of eyes, nose, ears and genetalia) which is correlated by the secretions present in these particular areas of the body.
Meda dhatu’s mala is Sweda or sweat/ secretions of sweat glands.
Asthi dhatu’s mala are nails and all body hairs including the head hairs.
Majja dhatu’s mala is the secretion over the skin or it could be related to the secretions of the sebaciuos glands.
Shukra dhatu’s mala is not mentioned properly in Ayurveda. Only the Vagabhata who wrote Astanga Hrudyam mentioned Ojas as the mala of Shukra dhatu. Here the Ojas is understood with the Immunity quotient of the person.
So these Mala, Dosha and Dhatu all are interconnected to each other and there equilibrium creates the health and there disbalances causes the diseases.
