Introduction
Agnimāndya is a condition in which food is not properly digested due to the diminished power of Jaṭharāgni (digestive juices). Among the 13 types of Agni, Jaṭharāgni is the most important, therefore, Mandāgni should be treated properly in order to prevent the progress of the disease to other disorders of Āma (End product of improper digestion and metabolism).
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Signs and Symptoms
Indigestion, diminished appetite, loss of taste, salivation, sour eructation and heaviness in the abdomen are the main signs and symptoms of Agnimāndya.
Treatment / Chikitsa
In Agnimāndya such drugs and articles of diet should be given which increase the Agni and decrease Kapha.
Simple single formula
Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger) powder - 2 g., taken twice daily with warm water relieves Agnimāndya.
Ārdraka (ginger) - 5 g., to be taken with salt or Guḍa (jaggery) twice daily before meal.
Harītakī powder - 3 g., to be taken twice a day before meal with salt or Guḍa (jaggery).
Nimbū Svarasa (lemon juice) - 7 to 14 ml., to be taken three times a day after meal.
Simple Preparations
Keep 1 g. powder each of Marica (black pepper) and salt on the one half of the cut Nimbū (lemon) and heat it over cinder. Juice of such lemon is to be sucked 2 or 3 times a day with meal.
1 g. powder each of fruit of Pippalī (long pepper) and salt to be taken along with Nimbū Svarasa (lemon juice) two times a day with meal.
Soak 25 g. of Miśreyā (fennel) fruit in 350 ml. of water for 3 hours, strain by pressing, discard the marc and to the liquid thus obtained add 25 ml. of Cūrṇodaka (lime water) and lemon juice. Divided it into 3 parts, take first part after meal and subsequently take remaining two parts after short intervals.
Take equal parts of fruit rind of Harītakī (chebulic myobalan), Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger) and rock salt in powder form, and one third of its weight of Guḍa (jaggery). This is to be taken in 1 to 3 g. dose with warm water once a day before first meal.
Compound Preparations
Lavaṇabhāskara Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g., to be taken with warm water or Nimbū Svarasa (lemon juice) two times a day before meal.
Hiṅgvāṣṭaka Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g., to be taken with warm water or Nimbū Svarasa (lemon juice), two times a day before or with meal.
Pācana Lavaṇa: 1 to 3 g., to be taken with warm water two times a day after meal.
Ajamodādi Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g., to be taken with warm water, two times a day after meal.
Tekarājamarica Cūrṇa: 330 to 660 mg., to be taken with honey, first in the morning on empty stomach followed by 2 such doses at the interval of 8 hours.
Śivaksāra Pācana: 3 to 6 g., to be taken with warm water, after meal two times a day.
Uśīrādi Cūrṇa: 600 mg. to 2 g. to be taken with warm water three times a day before meal.
Citrakādi Vaṭī: 1 to 2 Vaṭī, to be taken with warm water two times a day before meal.
Rasonādi Vaṭī: 1 to 2 Vaṭī, to be taken with warm water two times a day before meal.
Śaṅkha Vaṭī * : 1 to 2 Vaṭī, to be taken with warm water 3 to 4 times a day or as needed.
Agnituṇḍī Vaṭī * : 1 to 2 Vaṭī, to be taken with warm water 2 times a day before meal.
Ārdrakakhaṇḍāvalehyam: 2 to 6 g., to be taken half an hour before meal with warm water two times a day.
Jīrakādyāriṣṭa: 14 to 28 ml., to be taken two times a day after meal by adding equal quantity of water.
* : Should be taken under the advice of the qualified Ayurveda physician.
Note : The patients are required to follow instructions of Ayurveda for optimum results.
