AMA AND ITS EFFECTS ON BODY-A REVIEW

Dr. Shraddha*, Dr. Nikhila Ranjan Nayak and Dr. Aradhna Kande

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda has its own concepts about agni and ama. Life, health, acitveness, growth, brightness and immunity all depend upon dehagni. If dehagni is extignuished, everything is lost including life. Hence agni is the basis of life. Jatharagni is the source of remaining all agnis including bhutagni and dhatwagni. It not only maintains digestion and metabolic activities, it also maintains body temperature in such a manner so that all enzymatic actions and reactions occur normally. Jatharagni is the source of thermo genesis. All hormones are chemical in nature similar to agni. Agni functions are delivered by hormones with highly specialized mechanisms in the target tissue to exert powerful control over the physiological systems without which there is no life. The Concept of ama and free radical theory has various similarities. Free radicals are unstable chemicals formed in the body during normal metabolism or exposure to environmental toxins such as air, food and water pollutants. Ama is also said to be produced from vishaja dravyas.

Keywords: Agni, Jatharagni, Ama, Free radical.