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==== Impediment by food in excess quantity: [verse 34-35] ====

==== Impediment by food in excess quantity: [verse 34-35] ====

Digestion of food starts from stomach and almost completed in small intestine. However, role of colon is very limited in digestion and confines to absorption of water, some minerals and produces vitamins by colonic bacterial flora. Thus, impediment by food suggests presence of undigested food that reaches colon. Ama is a product or is itself is undigested material of food. Thus, the symptoms of impediment by food resembles that of ama disorders. Undigested food material affects gastric motility hence pachana is the remedy that helps in digestion. Thus, in case of impediment by food pachana is preferred as it makes possible ama degradation into easily absorbable nutrients. If this pachana is not possible then mild purgation is also advised to remove out the undigested material.  

Digestion of food starts from stomach and almost completed in small intestine. However, role of colon is very limited in digestion and confines to absorption of water, some minerals and produces vitamins by colonic bacterial flora. Thus, impediment by food suggests presence of undigested food that reaches colon. ''Ama'' is a product or is itself is undigested material of food. Thus, the symptoms of impediment by food resembles that of ''ama'' disorders. Undigested food material affects gastric motility hence ''pachana'' is the remedy that helps in digestion. Thus, in case of impediment by food ''pachana'' is preferred as it makes possible ''ama'' degradation into easily absorbable nutrients. If this ''pachana'' is not possible then mild purgation is also advised to remove out the undigested material.

==== Impediment by stools: [verse 36-37] ====

==== Impediment by stools: [verse 36-37] ====