Conceptual Study of AMA and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Amavata

Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine aiming for the maintenance of the health of a healthy individual and eradication of disease of a diseased person. Like the theories of tridosha, saptha dhatu and trmalas, the concept of ama is very important in ayurveda. In the ayurvedic view most of the diseases have their origin as ama dosha. Ama is considered as a toxin or undigested food particles which is produced due to hypofunctioning of agni or any disturbance in the normal state of agni. Ama is also considered as unripe or unmetabolized food particle. It will lead to various pathological conditions like grahani, amavata etc. The main cause of pathogenesis of amavata is imbalance of agni which leads to the production of ama and further leads to vata prakopa along with the impairment of other doshas. Ama has a very important role in diagnosing and treatment of diseases. So here an attempt is made to to understand the concept of ama from the ayurvedic and modern perspective and also the role of ama in the pathogenesis of amavata. Ajanya Raj K. M. | Kirankumar S. S. | Andanagowda S Patil "Conceptual Study of AMA and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Amavata" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-1 , February 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd61331.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/ayurvedic/61331/conceptual-study-of-ama-and-its-role-in-the-pathogenesis-of-amavata/ajanya-raj-k-m