Ama Questionnaire and Cleansing Tips

Note: When you submit this form you will be immediately directed to a page with your score and rating of your ama/cleansing status and a list of 12 tips for preventing and removing ama. You also will automatically receive an email with this information for continued reference.

Please mark to what degree the following statements apply to you.

  1. I tend to feel obstruction / blockages in the body. (Constipation, congestion/heaviness in the head area, blocked nose, general feeling of non-clarity, or other)
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  2. When I wake up in the morning, I do not feel clear; it takes me quite some time to feel really awake.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  3. I tend to feel tired or exhausted mentally and physically.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  4. I get common colds or similar ailments several times a year.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  5. I tend to feel heaviness in the body.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  6. I tend to feel that something is not functioning properly in the body. (breathing, digestion, elimination, or other)
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  7. I tend to feel lazy, e.g., the capacity to work is there, but there is no inclination.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  8. I often suffer from indigestion.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  9. I tend to have to spit repeatedly.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  10. Often I have no taste for food and no real appetite.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%
  11. My tongue is often coated, especially in the morning.
    0%    25%    50%    75%    100%

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