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<li style="font-weight:bold">Alasaka (sluggish bowels):<br/><span style="font-weight:normal">The word Alasaka derived from word “Alasa” means no movement. When frail person having weak digestive power and excess of kapha in the body, it habitually suppresses the urges of passing flatulence, micturition and bowels and at the same time consumes sthira (solid), guru (heavy), atishushka (excessively dry), and sheeta (cold), in excessive quantities then his ingested food gets afflicted by vayu (vata dosha). Even exerting pressure does not push the undigested food out of the passage since it is obstructed by kapha, by excreta accumulated already, and also because of sluggish nature caused by all these factors. Vishtambhan (stasis) of dosha occurs so the ama remains/stagnated within the stomach i.e., food neither passes upwards nor downward. This condition is called alasaka. All the characteristic features of ama dosha, except vomiting and diarrhoea, are manifested severely in alasaka. This can be compared with Cholera sicca where, the entire body fluids are dragged into the intestines and intestines gets paralyzed and the patients dies because of tissue dehydration. Aggravated vata dosha vitiates the consumed food and kapha dosha obstructs the channels. The undigested food remains in gut without any further process. It causes irritation and colicky pain without vomiting or diarrhoea. </span></li></ol>

<li style="font-weight:bold">Alasaka (sluggish bowels):<br/><span style="font-weight:normal">The word Alasaka derived from word “Alasa” means no movement. When frail person having weak digestive power and excess of kapha in the body, it habitually suppresses the urges of passing flatulence, micturition and bowels and at the same time consumes sthira (solid), guru (heavy), atishushka (excessively dry), and sheeta (cold), in excessive quantities then his ingested food gets afflicted by vayu (vata dosha). Even exerting pressure does not push the undigested food out of the passage since it is obstructed by kapha, by excreta accumulated already, and also because of sluggish nature caused by all these factors. Vishtambhan (stasis) of dosha occurs so the ama remains/stagnated within the stomach i.e., food neither passes upwards nor downward. This condition is called alasaka. All the characteristic features of ama dosha, except vomiting and diarrhoea, are manifested severely in alasaka. This can be compared with Cholera sicca where, the entire body fluids are dragged into the intestines and intestines gets paralyzed and the patients dies because of tissue dehydration. Aggravated vata dosha vitiates the consumed food and kapha dosha obstructs the channels. The undigested food remains in gut without any further process. It causes irritation and colicky pain without vomiting or diarrhoea. </span></li></ol>

'''Dandaka alasaka''' (delayed and obstructive digestive process wherein body becomes stiff like a stick):  

<p style='text-align:justify;'>'''Dandaka alasaka''' (delayed and obstructive digestive process wherein body becomes stiff like a stick):  

Severely vitiated dosha associated with ama spreads all over the channels of body and spreads throughout the body. The extremely vitiated dosha move obliquely towards other body channels to block them. As all body channels are blocked by ama, the body becomes rigid like wooden rod/staff (danda). This condition is critical and needs urgent medical care. Such clinical condition is known as dandalasaka/ dandaka alasaka.  

Severely vitiated dosha associated with ama spreads all over the channels of body and spreads throughout the body. The extremely vitiated dosha move obliquely towards other body channels to block them. As all body channels are blocked by ama, the body becomes rigid like wooden rod/staff (danda). This condition is critical and needs urgent medical care. Such clinical condition is known as dandalasaka/ dandaka alasaka.</p>

== Ama visha ==

== Ama visha ==