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Symptoms | Poop | Stool Color | Gray Stool |
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Gray Stool Ayurvedic PerspectivesWrite a review!
Written by John Joseph Immel, Asheville, NC
Gray or light colored stool may have insufficient bile for digestion.

Disclaimer: Conditions such as 'Gray Stool' that cause tissue changes could be serious and should be checked by a medical doctor.

Aggravated Doshas & Qualities

Symptoms Tell A Story

The first step to healing is learning patterns from your symptoms. Symptoms are clues that reveal underlying imbalances, showing you where your body is weak. Specifically, they reveal the doshas & qualities that may have become aggravated. If you notice a quality or dosha appears next to many of your symptoms, it helps you establish a pattern that may be systemic.

Gray Stool indicates one or more of the following doshas and qualities are imbalanced:

Vata aggravatingDryDifficultCold

Key: V = Vata, P = Pitta, K = Kapha. A slash through a dosha means it an aggravated dosha. To learn more about the symbols above, click on them.

Stage of Disease: 3 - Attacking Tissue

If you have symptoms in this category it means that your imbalances have weakened organs and tissue. At any moment, these imbalances could overwhelm weakened tissue and develop into degenerative disease.
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The Color of Your Poop
Green Stool
Yellow Stool
Brown Stool
Orange Stool
Gray/Tan Stool
Bloody / Tarry Stool
The Shape of Your Poop
Type 1 Separate hard lumps, like nuts or rabbit pellets (hard to pass)
Type 2 Sausage shaped but lumpy
Type 3 Like a sausage but with cracks on the surface
Type 4 Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft
Type 5 Soft blobs with clear cut edges
Type 6 Fluffy pieces with frayed edges, mushy
Type 7 Watery, no solid pieces, entirely liquid
herbal remedies & natural products
Herbs, medicines, & home remedies with the following effects have been traditionally suggested for 'Gray Stool'.

Please review these herbs & products below to determine which ones might be helpful for Gray Stool.

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Digestive Bitters
Vata pacifyingPitta pacifyingKapha pacifying
$16.00
Digestive bitters are revered in Europe for digestion, rejuvenation, and mental sharpness. Caution! A little goes a long way.

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Heal Malabsorption with Ayurveda
$12.00 $9.60
Discover how Ayurveda can improve your digestive health and wellness.

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Don't Flush the Evidence: 10 Ways to Feel Better by Looking at Your Poop
$12.00
Your bowel movements reveal important information that can help you stay healthy. Learn how to be a health detective through this humorous but informative lecture.

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Bitter Ghee - Tikta Ghrta (9 fl oz)
Vata aggravatingPitta pacifyingKapha pacifying
$16.00
A classic formula for Pitta Kapha disorders, irritability, liver congestion, and gall baldder stagnation.

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Neem Tablets
Vata aggravatingPitta pacifyingKapha pacifying
$19.44
 

diet plan & nutritional supplements
The following ingredients may help re-balance the aggravated qualities and doshas in gray stool.
Aloe Vera GelVata aggravatingPitta pacifyingKapha pacifyingBeetsVata pacifyingPitta pacifyingKapha aggravating
GrapefruitVata pacifyingPitta aggravatingKapha pacifyingKaleVata aggravatingPitta pacifyingKapha pacifying
LemonVata pacifyingPitta aggravatingKapha pacifyingRhubarbVata pacifyingPitta pacifyingKapha pacifying
related symptoms
See your quiz results for a computerized assessment of your body type. Symptoms are checked below if you reported them in the quizzes. Please click on the symptoms below to learn more about them.
Gas, irregular digestionIndigestion / Upset stomach
Pencil stool - thin & longAlternating Diarrhea / Constipation
Undigested food in stoolGray teeth
Yellow stoolGreen stool
Orange / Rubbery StoolShiny / oily / fatty stools

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