Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- समाग्नि
- Hindi
- समाग्निसम अग्निसंतुलित पाचन
- English
- Balanced agnibalanced digestionsamagni
- Romanized
- samagni
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Definition1
A footnote defines balanced fire as the fire that properly digests food taken in the proper amount.
Regimen1
The wise physician is told always to protect balanced fire by food suited to the season and by enemas, purgation and emesis suited to the three periods (trikāla).
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 8 times on 5 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- PDF page 14Front matter×2… ेद से तीन प्रकार का है। अग्नि का अर्थ पाचकाग्नि। वह मंद, ती़ण, विषम व समाग्नि के भेद से चार प्रकार का है। इनमें समाग्नि श्रोष्ठ है। शरीर को मूल स्थ …
- PDF page 16Front matter… वल रोगराहित्य का नाम स्वास्थ्य नहीं है। अपितु शरीरस्थ सर्वधातु1 समता, समाग्नि रहना, धातु क्रिया व मल क्रिया सम रहना, मन व इन्द्रिय सम रहकर वृद्धि प …
- Book page 13Chapter 2… रस्य सर्वदा। तदेवमुक्तं व्यहारजं खलु॥ 4॥ भावार्थ : मनुष्य के शरीर में सम अग्नि का रहना, सम धातु का रहना, वात आदि विकार न होना, मल-मूत्र का ठीक तैर स …
- Book page 16Chapter 2×3… ैद्य बस्तिकार्य, विरेचन, योग्य वमन व नस्यों से यथाक्रम चिकित्सा करें। समाग्नि के रक्षाणोपाय 1समाग्निमेवं परिरक्षायेत्सदा। यथर्तुकाहारविधानयो …
- Book page 447Chapter 20… िए। मंदाग्नि में अग्निवृद्धि करने के लिए एक बार लघु भोजन कराना चाहिए। समाग्नि में दो बार भोजन कराना चाहिए। औषधरोषिणामशनमैषधसाधितमेव दापये-। दग …
Questions and answers
What two kinds of health does chapter 2 describe, and what are the marks of practical health?
Ultimate (pāramārthika) health, the bliss of liberation, which is primary, and practical (vyavahāra) health, which is secondary; practical health means balanced digestive fire and tissues, undisturbed doshas, proper elimination of wastes and a clear self, senses and mind.
Detailed answer and sourcesWhich states of the digestive fire does chapter 2 describe, how are they defined, and which procedures does the text pair with the disordered ones?
Balanced fire digests a proper meal properly; irregular fire (from vāta) sometimes digests it and sometimes not; sharp fire (from pitta) digests even an excessive meal; weak fire (from kapha) cannot digest even a small one. The text pairs enema therapy, purgation, and emesis with nasal therapy with the vāta, pitta and kapha types in that order.
Detailed answer and sourcesHow does the text distinguish the three kinds of land, and which disorders and treatment does it associate with each?
Dry land (jāṅgala), with thin, rough-bodied people, mostly has vāta disorders and calls for vāta-pacifying treatment; marshy land (ānūpa), with stout, kapha-predominant people, has vāta disorders with much kapha and calls for treating kapha and vāta; ordinary land (sādhāraṇa) has balanced conditions, no dosha disturbance and is the best.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Principle
- Categories
- Agni
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 5
- Chapters
- Chapter 2
- Extraction tasks
- T02
- Record id
- concept_samagni