You should know this term Aama

Aama is a substance you can neither digest, nor eliminate.  It usually originates from poorly digested food.  Sometimes you may experience this aama in the morning when you have to eh-hem, clear your throat.  Then this small piece of clear gelatinous substance comes up.  It is so small it does not even deserve the energy you woud have to expend getting up for a tissue to spit it out. So, you just swallow it.  Then, for much of the morning it goes on like this with you repetitively having to clear your throat. From time to time these tiny goops of aama come up only for you to repeat the process and swallow it again.   I am here to tell you that all morning you have been spitting up the exact same piece!  As soon as you take the time to get a tissue and wipe it off your tongue, that clearing of the throat nonsense will be over instantly.  Try it, it's true.  This is aama.  A nasty substance really.  Most of it gets stuck in your digestive tract and affects your body's ability to digest.  Also, it is darn near impossible to get rid of.  A process in Ayurveda called Virechana or our Toxic Weight Be Gone program are the only 2 ways I know of to safely remove the stuff.  

If it overflows from your digestive tract into your other tissues, it can cause all kinds of problems like sinusitis, muscle and joint pain, headaches and a low immunity. Aama works to clog up the tissues so there can be no efficient exchange of nutrients and air.  Even the morning goop that leaks out of your eyes is aama.  It is not a sign of health.  It is normal, as normal goes but you should not have this goop in the morning.  If you do, I can guanrantee you have aama and you do not know the rules of eating per Ayurveda.    That is bad news because all of your body needs nutrients and air. 

Here is one possible scenario: Aama gets created in the stomach and travels through your tissues eventually leading up to the head.  You get minor headaches from time to time.  More accumulation flows into the eyes clogging up the pores in the eyes.  The aama can transform into cataract or plug up your eyes on a deeper level causing the eyes to develop pressure.  Eventually you may develop a high pressure problem in the eyes because the fluids can not flow properly.

When you remove the aama from your system, many aspects of your health improve.  Everything from thinking clearly, emotional stability, having more energy, allergies resolve themselves, eyes feel clearer and brighter, and many of the senses reverse the signs of aging.

In many ways, you can see why removing aama and learning how to keep it away is central to a healthy life.  Continue reading our articles and you will find that many have to do with eating.  One of our major concerns, if not THE major concern in Eastern Medicine is your ability to digest and eliminate.  But, I'll save that for another article.