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==Factors influencing gut==

==Factors influencing gut==

   

   

Gut is a highly dynamic system characterized by interaction with both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Among the extrinsic factors, food, regimen, region, and season, and among the internal factors, the physical constitution, age, and psyche are the most crucial ones. All these factors directly or indirectly influence the digestion and metabolism ([[agni]]), both at the gut level and at the tissue level. All these effects culminate at the endpoint called ‘[[ojas]]’ or ‘[[bala]]’ that is the product of the total metabolic activities happening in living body.[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 15/19]<ref name=Susruta/> The baseline nature of the gut is decided by the physical constitution of the individual. The grahani of a [[vata]]-dominant individual is also [[vata]]-dominant. Hence the digestive pattern becomes irregular. When the dominance is of [[pitta dosha]], digestive pattern is strong or fast (tikshna). In case of dominance of [[kapha dosha]], the digestive pattern is slow (manda). [Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 6/18] A study conducted to identify the gut microbe diversity among rural population of western India revealed signature microbes that showed [[prakriti]]-specific distribution patterns despite the dominance of firmicutes and Bacteroidetes.<ref>Chauhan NS, Pandey R, Mondal AK, Gupta S, Verma MK, Jain S, et al. Western Indian Rural Gut Microbial Diversity in Extreme Prakriti Endo-Phenotypes Reveals Signature Microbes. Frontiers in Microbiology [Internet]. 2018;9:118. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00118</ref>

Gut is a highly dynamic system characterized by interaction with both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Among the extrinsic factors, food, regimen, region, and season, and among the internal factors, the physical constitution, age, and psyche are the most crucial ones. All these factors directly or indirectly influence the digestion and metabolism ([[agni]]), both at the gut level and at the tissue level. All these effects culminate at the endpoint called ‘[[ojas]]’ or ‘[[bala]]’ that is the product of the total metabolic activities happening in living body.[Su.Sa.Sutra Sthana 15/19]<ref name=Susruta/> The baseline nature of the gut is decided by the physical constitution of the individual. The grahani of a [[vata]]-dominant individual is also [[vata]]-dominant. Hence the digestive pattern becomes irregular. When the dominance is of [[pitta dosha]], digestive pattern is strong or fast (tikshna). In case of dominance of [[kapha dosha]], the digestive pattern is slow (manda). [Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 6/18] A study conducted to identify the gut microbe diversity among rural population of western India revealed signature microbes that showed [[prakriti]]-specific distribution patterns despite the dominance of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes.<ref>Chauhan NS, Pandey R, Mondal AK, Gupta S, Verma MK, Jain S, et al. Western Indian Rural Gut Microbial Diversity in Extreme Prakriti Endo-Phenotypes Reveals Signature Microbes. Frontiers in Microbiology [Internet]. 2018;9:118. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00118</ref>

==Causes of impairment of [[agni]] and koshtha==

==Causes of impairment of [[agni]] and koshtha==