12/10/2025
In Ayurveda, the Sanskrit word ojas is synonymous with resistance to disease. There are two types of ojas, which are formed in the womb and fully perfected by the eighth month of pregnancy, called para-ojas and apara-ojas.
Within para-ojas, there are exactly eight drops, which are located in the heart and the great vessels surrounding the heart. These eight drops are with you for your whole life, and their purpose is to keep the the body free from diseases. The textbooks say that if this ojas is reduced, the person’s life is threatened, so it cannot be replaced or refilled. Once lost, it’s gone for good.
The second kind, apara-ojas, is present at the time of birth, but also keeps accumulating as you grow. This quantity is said to be about one palmful of your own hand, depending on the health of your tissues. In Ayurveda, we have seven classifications of tissues: plasma, blood, muscle, fat, bone, bone marrow, and reproductive. Each of these tissues—when functionally, quantitatively, and qualitatively healthy—contributes to the formation and maintenance of this second type of ojas. Ideally, if you’re healthy, you’re collecting apara-ojas just by living, and it’s always working because you are fighting diseases throughout your entire life.
Food to increase Ojas
Foods that are richest in Ojas include ghee or clarified butter, nuts, dates, raw milk of cow, fresh leafy vegetables, avocados, banana, figs, sweet potatoes, yams, beans, tofu, whole grains, turnip and zucchini. Stay away from raw, under cooked foods, or foods that are frozen, fried or stale.
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