This combination increases
your digestive agni (meaning fire in Sanskrit), which helps to break down toxins and improve your digestion (2)(3).
Not exact matches
Ginger helps to rekindle the
digestive fire or
agni in your body.
The state of your pitta
digestive fire (
agni) determines whether you are healthy and digesting your food properly.
Our
digestive ability is called
agni in Ayurveda, and it's considered the number one indicator of overall health, according to the ancient Ayurvedic texts.
If you have
digestive issues, or you'd like to lose weight or have more energy and lustrous - looking skin, then try this short,
agni - building practice.
She told me my joints were always cracking and my «
agni,» or
digestive fire, was very low.
I learned that my
agni,
digestive fire, had become so low from eating an entirely raw, cold, and dry diet that I didn't have enough
digestive strength to break down foods, assimilate nutrients and eliminate waste, which is why I was still bloating and constipated despite eating all the kale in the world.
Ayurveda believes that imbalance starts in the digestion, and the strength of your
agni, or your
digestive fire, is where you need to balance.
In Ayurvedic nutrition, herbs and spices are used not only to add flavor to dishes but also medicinally to ignite
digestive fire (
agni) and detox the body of metabolic waste (ama).
These spices help regulate blood sugar levels and increase
agni, which is your
digestive fire.
Strengthening your digestion and metabolism (
digestive fire or
agni in Ayurveda) will help both your menstrual cycle and your overall health.
Ayurveda's teachings on
agni can help us to monitor our own
digestive fire so that we can regulate and balance it if necessary, and enhance it during periods of detoxification.
This current regulates our
digestive fire (
agni) and is associated with processes of digestion (mind, food), absorption and assimilation
The largest, and most significant fire is jāthara
agni — the main
digestive fire where the stomach meets the small intestine.
But it is who you are, it is your heat, and it is related to your
digestive fire, your
agni.
For example, if you are a kapha body type you can eat pitta vardhak (elevating) foods to increase your
agni or
digestive fire.
These comfort foods mask the
digestive fire or
agni, which ultimately leads to a weakened
digestive system, gradual weight gain, mood swings and focus problems.
Think yoga poses that heat the body and stoke
agni, or
digestive fire; pranayama, or breathing practices, which boost metabolism; and a simple diet of light, warm foods.
Active cleansing encourages rest and repair in the
digestive tract, kindles
agni, and serves to loosen and expel excess vata, pitta, kapha, and ama from the system.
Ayurvedic tradition says that the body's
agni — gut fire — is responsible for good
digestive health.