Abstract

ROLE OF AGNI IN CAUSATION OF AMAVATA- A CRITICAL REVIEW

Kumari Priya* and Madhuri Kumari

Abstract

When ama and vata simultaneously get vitiated and enters the trika and sandhi, finally leading to stabdhata (stiffness) of the body, the condition is known as amavata. The root cause behind the pathogenesis of amavata is derangement of agni which leads to production of ama and further leads to vata prakopa along with impairment of other doshas. Hence it can be said that any factor whether dietary, environmental or psychological, which causes impairment of agni is responsible for production of ama and gets lodged in sleshma sthana specially in the sandhies (synovial fluid) and produce various symptoms of disease amavata. So understanding the role of agni in causation of amvata is need of present study to understand samprapti of amvata. The paper tries to validate this theory scientifically.

Keywords: Agni, Ama, Amavata.