Normal and Abnormal Functions of Agni

Question 1

Paktih

Answer 1

digestion of food and sensory experience; yields nutrition, knowledge, understanding

Question 2

Darshanam

Answer 2

visual perception [alochaka agni]

Question 3

Matrusma

Answer 3

maintains body’s normal temperature

Question 4

Prakrti Varna

Answer 4

maintains normal constitution color

Question 5

Shaurya

Answer 5

confidence, courage, fearlessless

Question 6

Harsa

Answer 6

joy, cheerfulness, laughter, contentment

Question 7

Prasada

Answer 7

mental lucidity, brings wholeness, wholesome energy

Question 8

Raga

Answer 8

attraction, affection, interest, colorful quality, enthusiasm for life

Question 9

Dhatu posanam

Answer 9

tissue nutrition

Question 10

Ojaskara

Answer 10

production of Ojas (globulin, albumin)

Question 11

Tejaskara

Answer 11

production of Tejas (maintaining semi-permeability of cell membrane and capillaries)

Question 12

Pranakara

Answer 12

agni yields into Prana

Question 13

Buddhi kara

Answer 13

discrimination, reasoning capacity, logical thinking

Question 14

Medha kara

Answer 14

intelligence

Question 15

Dhairayam

Answer 15

patience, live now!

Question 16

Apakti

Answer 16

indigestion

Question 17

Adarshadam

Answer 17

impaired visual perception (cataracts, glaucoma, all eye problems)

Question 18

Amatrushma

Answer 18

abnormal heat (hypothermia, pyrexia)

Question 19

Vikrut Varna

Answer 19

abnormal color (black=vata, yellow=pitta, white=kapah)

Question 20

Ashaurya

Answer 20

Fear complex (impaired agni causes lack of courage)

Question 21

Shoka

Answer 21

Grief, unhappiness, depression, sadness

Question 22

Vishada

Answer 22

confusion, fragmentation

Question 23

Viragya

Answer 23

repulsion (flat effect)

Question 24

Dhatu Karshana

Answer 24

dhatu emaciation

Question 25

Ojohara

Answer 25

depletion of Ojas (ex: reduced immunity)

Question 26

Tejohara

Answer 26

depletion of Tejas (ex: loss of permeability)

Question 27

Pranahara

Answer 27

depletion of Prana (ex: shock - pallor, breathlessness, etc…)

Question 28

Buddhi hara

Answer 28

lack of discrimination, poor decision making capacity, decisiveness

Question 29

Medha hara

Answer 29

Lack of intelligence (ex: cancer condition - cellular intelligence issue)

Question 30

Adhairata

Answer 30

lack of patience, lives in the future, aggressive, impatient, violent

Question 31

Rasayana Chikitsa

Answer 31

treatments that enter into rasa dhatu - so that all agni’s are kindled