Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE OF AGNI AND ITS APPLIED ASPECT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Savita, Sharma Ashok Kumar

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The role of fire is well known in traditional systems of medicine, which use the great elements of nature for healing purposes. However, one system in particular is built around a profound understanding of our biological fires [1]. Agni is the invariable agent in the process of Paka (digestion, transformation). Ingested food is to be digested, absorbed and assimilated, which is unavoidable for the maintenance of life, and is performed by the Agni [2]. Agni is believed to be the agency for any kind of transformation. It is a known fact that at each and every second multiple procedures of transformations take place in the body. These may be bio chemical or bio physical or any other type of bio transformations. Due to these constant transformation procedures, body grows, develops and lastly destroys too. Thinking on this line; it can be said that life is nothing but a constant process of transformations. Diseased state of the body is also some pathological changes either functional or structural. Thus, the principle of Agni becomes vital as either the healthy or the diseased state can only be understood with understanding of changes [3]. Ayurveda emphasises that all the diseases are the result of weak state of Agni. Improper functioning of Agni leads to various gastrointestinal disorders as well as various metabolic disturbances. The aim of this article is to review the important role Agni plays in managing the health of a healthy individual as well as in interpreting the disease process and planning the line of treatment of a disease [4].

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AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE OF AGNI AND ITS APPLIED ASPECT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, SAVITA, SHARMA ASHOK KUMAR INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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