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Meaning: Agni is the prime agent in reducing aama, stiffness, cold, pains and aches etc. </blockquote>

Meaning: Agni is the prime agent in reducing aama, stiffness, cold, pains and aches etc. </blockquote>

== स्नेहस्य अग्निवृद्धिकरत्वम्॥ Role of sneha in agni strength ==

== स्नेहस्य अग्निवृद्धिकरत्वम्॥ Role of fats in agni strength ==

Effect of sneha (unctous substances / certain fatty substances) on the agni is well-known to everyone. We know that when we add oil or ghee like substances which are snigdha (unctuous in property) onto the burning fire  the flame immediately increases. Ayurveda acharya have explained that the same is applicable to the agni inside the body. As strong firewood greased with oil or any unctuous substance on coming in contact with the agni increases or becomes strong, food that has some unctuousness substance in it ignites the agni inside the body. Thus it is always recommended to food topped with ghee in Bharateeya Samskrti and Ayurveda. <blockquote>दीप्तो यथैव स्थाणुश्च बाह्योऽग्निः सारदारुभिः| सस्नेहैर्जायते तद्वदाहारैः कोष्ठगोऽनलः||७९|| (Asht. Hrud. Adhyaya Sutra 79 )<ref>Ashtanga Hrudayam (Chikitsasthanam Adhyaya Sutra 79 )</ref></blockquote>

Effect of sneha (unctous substances / certain fatty substances) on the fire is well-known to everyone. We know that when we add oil or ghee like substances which are snigdha (unctuous in property) onto the burning fire  the flame immediately increases. Ayurveda acharya have explained that the same is applicable to the agni inside the body. As strong firewood greased with oil or any unctuous substance on coming in contact with the agni increases or becomes strong, food that has some unctuousness substance in it ignites the agni inside the body. Thus it is always recommended to food topped with ghee in Bharateeya Samskrti and Ayurveda. <blockquote>दीप्तो यथैव स्थाणुश्च बाह्योऽग्निः सारदारुभिः| सस्नेहैर्जायते तद्वदाहारैः कोष्ठगोऽनलः||७९|| (Asht. Hrud. Adhyaya Sutra 79 )<ref>Ashtanga Hrudayam (Chikitsasthanam Adhyaya Sutra 79 )</ref></blockquote>

== आहारमात्रा तथा अग्निः संबन्धः॥ Role of quantity of food in agni strength ==

== आहारमात्रा तथा अग्निः संबन्धः॥ Role of quantity of food in agni strength ==

== अग्निपरिक्षा॥ How to examine agni? ==

== अग्निपरिक्षा॥ How to examine agni? ==

Agni, the fire element inside humans is not seen separately but it is present inside the pitta dosha. May it be th eagni or pitta dosha, both these are just the biological forces present inside us. Though they have physical dimension to them one can not see them or check them with the help of  naked eyes or even any lab test. However, agni or pitta being so vital for one's existence, even inancient times ayurveda scholars found it necessary to assess those for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Therefore Ayurveda samhitas provide method to examine the agni inside one's body and that method is by prashna pariksha i.e. by interrogation. <ref>Sushruta Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/esushruta/?mod=read&h=agni) Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 10 Sutra 5])</ref>

Agni, the fire element inside humans is not seen separately but it is present inside the pitta dosha. May it be the agni or pitta dosha, both these are just the biological forces present inside us. Though they have physical dimension to them one can not see them or check them with the help of  naked eyes or even any lab test. However, agni or pitta being so vital for one's existence, even in ancient times Ayurveda scholars found it necessary to assess those for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Therefore Ayurveda samhitas provide method to examine the agni inside one's body and that method is by prashna pariksha i.e. by interrogation. <ref>Sushruta Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/esushruta/?mod=read&h=agni) Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 10 Sutra 5])</ref>

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