(pronounced oh-jus) is the ultimate refined result of digestion, metabolism, absorption, and assimilation. The substance that connects the mind to the body and consciousness, it is a wholesome biochemical substance that nourishes all body tissues and has a direct influence on nature and the quality of physical, mental, and emotional life. Ojas’ primary location is the heart, from which it circulates and pervades the whole body. Ojas is collected from the body’s seven tissues – plasma, blood, muscle, adipose tissue (fat), bone, bone marrow, and reproductive tissue (semen and ovum) — by the influence of enzymes (Agnis), similar to how a bee collects honey from the essence of many flowers. The purest substance in the universe and omnipresent in the human being, Ojas is responsible for higher states of consciousness, purity of thoughts, perfect health, positivity in feelings, love, joy, better immunity, longevity, intelligence, creativity, memory, bliss, and thought process. When an individual’s inner consciousness awakens spontaneously, Ojas increases. In a nutshell, Ojas is the sap of the entire physiology and sustains the life of an individual itself. Ayurvedic herbal supplements and detoxification programs are inherently meant to amplify Ojas, and therefore to strengthen the immune system