Agni and Ojas

Agni and Ojas

The importance of Agni or biological energy for life, health and immunity.

Agni, the digestive fuoco, transforms food into Ojas, its more refined essence, and through various steps finally in the various body tissues (Dhātu)

Strength (Bala), health (Svasthya), life span (Āyu) and vital breath (Prāṇa) depend on Agni.

Agni is fueled by food and drink; without these it is reduced.

Life span, complexion, strength, health, immune power, energy, thermogenesis and vital breath, all these depend on Agni.

If this fire is extinguished, one dies, if it functions properly, one lives for a long time free from disease and if it becomes unbalanced one becomes ill.

Ojas is produced when the doṣas are in balance and digestion, Agni, functions normally

Ojas is the basis of health, immune power, balance, mental clarity, spiritual and mental purity and happiness

Ojas is that aspect of physiology that balances the doṣas. It constitutes the essence of all dhātus (body tissues).

Ojas keeps all living things alive, without Ojas there would be no life. This penetrates the heart right in the initial stages of embryonic formation. The loss of Ojas is the loss of life itself.

Charaka Saṁhita Sū. 30. 9-11