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Agni means digestive or metabolic factors. In [[panchamahabhuta]] (five fundamental elements), it means fire. It is responsible for transformation or change in form of an element. In human biology, it is responsible factor for digestion and metabolism. It is also a synonym of [[Pitta dosha]].
Agni includes all factors responsible for digestion and metabolism / transformation having predominance of agni mahabhuta.(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>
==Classes==
# Jatharagni: The factors responsible for digestion and metabolism at gastro-intestinal tract.
# Bhutagni : The factors responsible for digestion and metabolism at organic level. These are five types of agni, those act after jatharagni, but before dhatvagni on the food and its metabolites. They are: parthiva ([[pruthvi]] dominant), apya ([[aap]] dominant) , taijasa (teja or [[agni]] dominant), vayavya ([[vayu]] dominant) and nabhasa ([[akasha]] dominant). They act on the corresponding substrate based on mahabhuta composition to make them homologous to that of the bodily constituents.
# Dhatvagni: The factors responsible for digestion and metabolism at [[dhatu]] (various tissues). This is responsible for transformation of one [[dhatu]] into another namely rasagni, raktagni, mamsagni, medo-agni, asthi agni and shukra agni. Thus, dhatvagni are seven.
== Types ==
The intensity of agni is influenced by [[dosha]] and is of four types:
# Vishama (irregular due to the dominance of [[vata]])
# Tīkshna (intense, due to the dominance of [[pitta]])
# Manda (depressed due to the dominance of [[kapha]])
# Sama (normal, due to the balanced state of all three [[dosha]])
==More information==
[[Grahani Chikitsa]]
==References==
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