Abstract

OJAS: A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW ON THE BASIS OF AYURVEDIC AND MODERN ASPECTS

Kumari Neelam* and Yadav Neelam

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Abstract

Ayurveda is an ancient medical science, which aims to protect the health by giving the knowledge of preventive health principle and curing the patient. The concept of ‘Ojas’ is an independent principle of Ayurveda. Ojas is essence of all seven dhatus and strength of our body depends on this. There are two types of Ojas, one is par Ojas and other is Apar Ojas. As long as, they remain in physiological state, human body remains healthy, but harm to it can cause many diseases even death. It is not proved yet, which physical component of body is Ojas, but it is certain that it is vital for our life. Thus, this article attempt to explore the information about Ojas present in Samhitas in a scientific way and also reviewing different physical components, that could be correlated with Ojas to find out important information about Ojas.

Keywords: Ojas, Ayurveda, Par Ojas, Apar Ojas.