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A DEEP INSIGHT IN TO BHOOTAGNI PAAKA IN AYURVEDA
Author(s) -
Goverdhanam Vani,
Jwala Prasad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical and scientific innovation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-4572
DOI - 10.7897/2277-4572.035185
Subject(s) - alien , traditional medicine , process (computing) , biology , chemistry , computer science , medicine , environmental health , population , census , operating system
Ayurveda, the science of life, deha ( body) is described as "deho ḥyah a ra sa ṃbhavaḥ". The body is made up of food. Food is of panchaboutikam ( five elements) . The Panchaboutika s ar ee ra is to be maintained and nourished with the bahya ( External) Panch aboutika amshas ( ingredients ) . To convert such alien amshas as part of the body , there exists a process of paaka (Metabolic transformation) which is attributed to bhootagni. The complete process i s called Bh utagni P a ka . Th is paper tries to validate this th eory scientifically.

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