What is Agni and Ama?

​Ayurvedic medicine is the form of medicine used in India for thousands of years.  In ayurvedic medicine they look at the person not the disease.  Ama is digestive toxins and Agni is digestive fire.
 
The very first thing you deal with in Ayurvedic medicine is Ama and Agni.  This is the same principle across most of the traditional medicines around the world.  In Naturopathic medicine we would look at the gut as the root of all health and gut health imbalance as the root of ill health.  It is for this reason that I focus so much on the digestion and bringing into balance.
 
In Ayurveda you would normally start by using herbs that will strengthen the Agni (digestive fire) and then remove Ama (toxins).  This will then allow you to digest and absorb nutrients efficiently.  This is a method I use with great effect with clients in the clinic.
 
Herbs to increase Agni:

• Fennel
• Cumin
• Coriander
• Dill
• Cloves
• Cardamom
• Cinnamon
• Spearmint
• Fresh ginger
• Pepper

These can be taken as a hot tea before or after meals to stimulate the flow of your digestive juices.
 
Herbs to remove Ama:

• Triphala
• Ginger
• Guggulu

 
 
Low Agni and high Ama can present in a number of ways:

• Hot skin issues
• Congestion – bowels/sinuses/lymph/fibrocystic changes
• Tiredness
• Heaviness
• Heartburn/indigestion
• Diarrhea
• Stagnation
• Mental fog
• High blood sugars
• Atherosclerosis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Kidney stones
• Gout
• Gall stones
• Increase liver enzymes
• H – pylori
• Fevers

 
If you can get the digestion working as it should and remove the buildup of toxins you can see some wonderful improvements in symptoms.
 
If you need help with any of these issues, contact Carina for an appointment
 
 
To find out more, you can contact Carina at
T -(087) 0978880,
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