Digestion Needs No Introduction:When Digestion Is Not Working You Know
One of the most fundamental concepts in Ayurveda is that of agni. Agni is the digestive and metabolic "fire" produced by the doshas that grabs the essence of nourishment from food, feelings, and thoughts and transforms it into a form your body can use. Through the heat of agni, various tissues of the body produce secretions, metabolic reactions, and other processes needed to cre¬ate energy and maintain and repair the body. Agni is also part of the immune system since its heat destroys harmful organisms and toxins. The activity of agni varies throughout the day and, as you'll learn in later chapters, maintaining the strength and natural ebb and flow of your digestive fires is needed for good digestion, good immune function, and resistance to disease. Agni is needed to form ojas.
Ojas: The Substance That Maintains Life Ojas is the by-product of a healthy, efficient, contented physiology. It is the "juice" that remains after food has been properly digested and assimilated. When you are producing ojas, it means all your organs have integrated vitality and you are receiving the nourishment your mind and body need. Your whole being hums with good vibrations because you are producing and feeling bliss, not pain. However, when your agni isn't working properly, you don't produce ojas. Instead food, thoughts, and feelings turn into ama.Ama is undigested food products that are not be converted to waste product or energy.
Ama: Toxins Ama arises from improperly digested toxic particles that clog the channels in your body. Some of these channels are physical and include the intestines, lymphatic system, arteries and veins, capillaries, and genitourinary tract. Others are nonphysical channels called nadis through which your energy flows. Ama toxicity accumulates wherever there is a weakness in the body, and this will allow a genetic predisposition to overtake you and create disease or keep it going. While Ayurveda offers ways you can cleanse the body of ama, it's best to prevent it from forming in the first place. You know you've got an ama problem if your tongue is coated or if you are feeling tired all the time.
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Hi I am a practicing Chiropractor for the last 25 years. Ayurveda came into my life in 1984. I have study with the best in the nation and the best in India. It is a practice that takes a lifetime to become a master. I love teaching it and practicing it. The results in everyday practice are phenomenal. It is a healthcare science that as a doctor of Chiropractic I was prepared to take it on as my specialty. It gives me so much as a human being and supports me as a professional and serves my community with such grace. California License to Practice Chiropractic 1983 Bachelors From California Institute of Integral Studies Focus Ayurveda Trained In Practicing Ayurveda in California for fifteen years. First Ayurved Formal education : Maharishi Ayurved 1985-current. Trained with VaidyaCharya Ragu New Delhi, India teacher for Pulse Training Assistant to Vaidya Triguna for pulsse in the US. Visiting Vaidya Narendra Pendse, Vaidya Aruna Pendse Vaidya Sharma Jyotish New Delhi,
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