Indigestion and Ayurveda

Indigestion, the comprehension of the process of digestion is very essential. The approach of Ayurveda to explain digestion is very simple and effective. Food that we eat is digested by the fire of Agni or body which is present in our body. It is much similar to the manner that we make cook food. The fire of Agni or body helps to digest the food which is consumed, just like the fire of the cooks of a furnace which food kept on top. Agni is mainly located in Jatara or in the upper part of the digestive system and is called like Jataragni. Agni is still classified by category as Bhootagni (which digests the 5 current factors of mahabhoota of pancha in food), Dhatwagni (the current agni in fabrics which help them to absorb food required), Malagni (the agni which helps in the formation of the losses of body like the stools, sweat and the urine). Jataragni orders the bhootagni, the dhatwagni and the malagni. By this it is obvious that the approach of ayurveda of digestion explains the cellular metabolism too.

The factors which help the agni to digest food completely. : Agni of assistance of Thridoshas - of Vata, Pitta and Kapha to digest food.

If the process of digestion is compared with that to make cook rice, the stomach, like the ship., receives food. Vata provides the requirements like the ventilator, acts of Pitta like the furnace, providing work conditions optimas while Kapha provides moisture required just like water in the ship. When all these factors normal and are well balanced, an optimum state is created to digest food completely.

When food is completely digested by all the agnis, the fabrics of body will be well nourished and one is blessed with the attractive dye, the gleam, longevity, the force, the good health, the growth, enthusiasm, the vitality and the total healthy development of the body and the spirit.