A REVIEW OF THREE TYPES OF AGNIs......

A REVIEW OF THREE TYPES OF AGNIs......

1. BHOOTAGNI...

ALL THE DIGESTIVE FACTORS PRESENT IN THE FOOD MATERIALS THAT WE EAT. 

WITH THE HELP OF THESE AND THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE BODY (CALLED DHAATVAGNI) FOOD IS DIGESTED & METABOLISED.

THEY INCLUDE ALL THE VITAMINS, ENZYMES & CO-ENZYMES OBTAINED FROM THE FOOD. 

THEY TAKE PART IN THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS WITHOUT A CHANGE IN THEIR OWN COMPOSITIONS.

2. JATHARAGNI....

INCLUDES ENZYMES, CO-ENZYMES, HCL, BILE, PANCREATIC SECRETIONS & ALL THE FACTORS IN THE INTESTINAL TRACT HELPFUL IN THE DIGESTION OF FOOD.

3. DHATWAGNI...

INCLUDES ALL THE FACTORS THAT TAKE PART IN THE METABOLIC REACTIONS IN THE CELLS OF THE DHATUS (TISSUES) & PERFORM THE PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THAT DHATU. 

IN GENERAL DHATWAGNI INCLUDES

PITTAs CONCERNED WITH THE 

--BHINN SANGHAAT OR BREAK DOWN, 

--DAHAN OR OXIDATION COMBUSTION, 

--TAPAN OR HEAT PRODUCTION, 

--PARINAMAN OR CONVERSION, 

--PRAVRITI OR TRANSFORMATION & MUTATION REACTIONS.

IN PARTICULAR IT INCLUDES --PITTAs DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE FORMATION OF THE STHAAYI DHATUS.  

AN INCREASE IN THE DHATWAGNI CAUSES DECRESE IN THE MASS OF THAT DHATU & VICE-VERSA. THEY MAY INCLUDE SECRETIONS OF SOME OF THE EXOCRINE OR ENDOCRINE GLANDS.

Vaidya Pawan Madaan