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Meaning: Ojas is mild in nature like moon. Ojas is unctous, white in colour, cold in potency, stable but fluid in nature. It is clear or distinctly formed, soft and slimy. It is the seat for life energy. It occupies all parts of the body and its absence causes degeneration or destruction of body of Human beings.
Meaning: Ojas is mild in nature like moon. Ojas is unctous, white in colour, cold in potency, stable but fluid in nature. It is clear or distinctly formed, soft and slimy. It is the seat for life energy. It occupies all parts of the body and its absence causes degeneration or destruction of body of Human beings.
Functions of Ojas
Ojas is closely associated with life energy. Its presence is integral for the sustaining the integrity of life. Also being the component formed by contribution of all the 7 dhatus of body it represents strength of body. The immunity of body is equivalent to its strength. Thus, Ojas also performs the keyrole in development of immunity. Any deviation or depreciation in the normal quantity and quality of Ojas leads to serious health complications and death.
Causes of imbalances of Ojas
Oja is affected due to the following causes:
Any injury or trauma (abhighata)
Malnourishment or impaired metabolism (kshaya)
Anger (kopa)
Excessive thinking (dhyana)
Grief (shoka)
Vigorous physical work or exertion (shrama)
Voracious appetite (kshudha) [Su. Sa. Sutra Sthana 15/28]
Pathophysiology
Due to these causes, the vata dosha and pitta dosha are aggravated. This leads to the quantitative and qualitative depletion of Oja. It is then easily displaced from its prime seat -heart hridaya.
General clinical features
Fearfulness or phobia
Weakness
Fatigue especially at its sense and motor organs
Altered skin complexion
Lack of self-confidence
Dry and rough skin
Remarkable emaciation of body. [Cha. Sa. Sutra Sthana 17/73]
Three specific abnormalities and clinical features:
The abnormalities in quantity and quality of Oja are observed in three stages. [Su. Sa. Sutra Sthana 15/24]
Displacement of Oja from its own site (Oja vistramsa)
Qualitative deterioration (Oja vyapat)
Depletion of quality and quantity (Oja kshaya)
The three stages are increasingly severe and harmful leading to death. These three states are considered as three categories of immune disorders viz. Oja-vyapat as immune-aberrations and allergies; Oja-visramsa as a state of dislodged immunity and autoimmune disorders; and Oja-kshaya as a state of immunodeficiency.[7] Some scholars opine that these states show features of immunity compromised state, immunity suppressed and immunity deficiency syndromes respectively.[8]
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