Abstract

CONCEPT OF AGNI IN MADHUMEHA ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA W.S.R. TO DIABETES MELLITUS

*Dr. Ravindra Kumar Chaurey, Dr. Deepmala Rathore, Dr. Ekta Walko and Dr. Pravanjan Acharya

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Abstract

The entire range of digestive and metabolic activity of the body takes place with the help of biological entity of the body called Agni. Agni is very important for our circadian rhythm. There are three types and thirteen in number of Agni in the body which are responsible for digestion of food and metabolism at different levels. When the Agni becomes weak, a number of unwanted by-products of digestion and metabolism start forming and accumulating in the body at different levels of gross to the molecular level, from local GIT level to the systemic level over tissues and cells. Such products are called Ama and act as toxic and antigenic materials. The Ayurvedic aspect is to consider the distortion of the Dhatupaka Prakriya in the state of diabetes as the distortion of the Agnitatva. Both the endocrine and exocrine secretions of the pancreas are included in the digestive tract and its intermediate forms. Insulin, secreted by the pancreas is responsible for the digestion of carbohydrates and sugars in the body. The action of this insulin on digestion of sugar and carbohydrates is same as Agnikriya from the Ayurvedic point of view. Diabetes presents a deficiency in the action and quantity of the Aapyagni called insulin in the body, therefore, the treatment by modern physicians with insulin is the therapy of the Aapyagni described in Ayurveda.

Keywords: Circadian rhythm, Dhatusamayta, Dhatupaka kriya, Metabolic disorder.