Abstract

CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF AGNI AND ITS VARIATIONS

*Dr. Mahendra Kumar Sourtha Dr. Rajendra Singh

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Abstract

Agni is the prime factor which plays an important role in the maintenance of health. Ayurveda specially focus on the protection of the agni. Agni gets vitiated due to various reasons including ahara and vihara. The imbalance of the three types of agni, jatharagni, bhootagni and dhatwagni is responsible for the vitiation of agni and the production of ama. Ama is one of the main factors that cause the vitiation of agni and is responsible for producing many diseases. Pathologically agni has three types mandagni, teekshnagni and vishamagni. Vitiation of the jatharagni leads to many diseases like ajirna, alasaka, visuchika, grahani and atisara etc. The imbalance of bhootagni leads to the diseases like iron, deficiency anemia, calcium deficiency and electrolyte imbalance etc. Altered functions of dhatvagni cause dhatu-pradoshaja vikara like rasa-pradoshaja vikara, rakta pradoshaja vikara. Hence understanding the pathological states of agni is important in the treatment of various diseases.

Keywords: Agni, health, jatharagni, bhootagni, teekshnagni.