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<p style='text-align:justify;'>‘Agni’ literally means fire. In [[Ayurveda]] biology, agni denotes all factors responsible for digestion and metabolism/transformation. (Code:SAT-B.488)<ref>National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal by Ministry of AYUSH Available on http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat</ref> It is the heat (ushma) generated from [[pitta dosha]] in the body. Therefore, all functions of agni are similar to [[pitta dosha]]. | |||
‘Agni’ literally means fire. In [[Ayurveda]] biology, agni denotes all factors responsible for digestion and metabolism/transformation. (Code:SAT-B.488)<ref>National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal by Ministry of AYUSH Available on http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat</ref> It is the heat (ushma) generated from [[pitta dosha]] in the body. Therefore, all functions of agni are similar to [[pitta dosha]]. | |||
In [[panchamahabhuta]] (five fundamental elements), [[agni mahabhuta]] is the fire element. It is responsible for the transformation or change in the form of an element. This [[agni mahabhuta]] in macrocosm is represented by agni in microcosm of human body. | In [[panchamahabhuta]] (five fundamental elements), [[agni mahabhuta]] is the fire element. It is responsible for the transformation or change in the form of an element. This [[agni mahabhuta]] in macrocosm is represented by agni in microcosm of human body. | ||
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|data1 = Health / Agni (digestion capacity and digestive health) | |data1 = Health / Agni (digestion capacity and digestive health) | ||
|label2 = Author | |label2 = Author | ||
|data2 = Deole Y.S.<sup>1</sup> | |data2 = [[Yogesh Deole|Deole Y.S.]]<sup>1</sup> | ||
|label3 = Co-authors | |label3 = Co-authors | ||
|data3 = Bhojani M.K.,<sup>2</sup> Kabadwal Dipti,<sup>2</sup>Joglekar A.<sup>3</sup> | |data3 = Bhojani M.K.,<sup>2</sup> Kabadwal Dipti,<sup>2</sup>Joglekar A.<sup>3</sup> | ||
|label4 = Reviewed by | |label4 = Reviewed by | ||
|data4 = Basisht G.<sup>4</sup> | |data4 = [[Gopal Basisht|Basisht G.]]<sup>4</sup> | ||
|label5 = Affiliations | |label5 = Affiliations | ||
|data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabhvidya Nagar, Anand, Gujarat, India | |data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabhvidya Nagar, Anand, Gujarat, India | ||