Fire in Ayurveda

The term Agni in Sanskrit denotes fire. In Ayurveda, the term fire has a peerless connotation as fire in Ayurveda means the "digestive fire". Fire in Ayurveda is therefore reckoned as the digestive as well as metabolic fire, created by the doshas for the greater objective of seizing the essence of the entire nourishment from food in order to transform it into the energy, to finally form the body. To know more read: http://www.indianetzone.com/20/fire_ayurveda.htm