Imbalances in other bodily systems, such as the waste systems, also may result in disease. The body produces three waste products, or malas: feces, which are solid; and urine and sweat, which are liquid. The production and elimination of these is absolutely vital to health. Urine and feces are formed during the digestive process in the large intestine, where assimilation, absorption and discrimination between essential and nonessential substances take place. Feces are carried to the rectum for evacuation; urine is carried to the kidneys for filtration and then stored in the bladder for elimination; and sweat is eliminated through the pores of the skin. Though they are considered bodily waste products, the urine and feces are not strictly waste. They are, in fact. to some extent essential to the physiological functioning of their respective organs. For example, feces supply nutrition through intestinal tissues: many nutrients remain in the feces after digestion. Later, after these are absorbed, the feces are eliminated. Feces also give strength to the large intestine and maintain its tone. If a person has no feces, the intestine will

collapse. A person who suffers from constipation lives longer than one who suffers from diarrhea. If diarrhea continues for fifteen days, death will follow. However, one can experience prolonged constipation and live, though it will cause problems in the bodily systems. Constipation creates distention and discomfort, flatulence and pains

in the body, headache and bad breath. The urinary system removes the water, salt and nitrogenous wastes of the body. Urine is formed in the large intestine. This waste product helps to maintain the normal concentration of water electrolytes within the body

fluids. The functioning of this mala depends upon the water intake, diet, environmental temperature, mental state