Liver Disease

seven different forms known as dhatwagnis. Food we intake is converted into ahara rasa by this pachakagni or digestive fire. Then ahara rasa is converted into seven dhatus or seven body tissues in the order rasa, raktha, mamsa, meda, asthi, majja and sukla. Each dhatu contain this agni or fire principle which has three functions. It assimilates nutritional part from previous dhatu, keep its own metabolism in equilibrium and finally provide nutritional part to the subsequent dhatu. Rasa dhatwagni assimilate nutritional part from ahara rasa to nourish rasa dhatu and also provide nutritional part to next dhatu ie, raktha or blood tissue. Likewise Raktha dhatwagni assimilate nutrient portion from Rasa dhatu to nourish Raktha dhatu and provide nutrients to Mamsa dhatu or flesh. Thus quantity and quality of a dhatu is influenced by agni of previous dhatu, its own agni and agni of next dhatu. In the liver disease, failure of mamsa dhatwagni, medodhatwagni and asthidhatwagni results in increase of medodhatu. Abnormal accumulation of this medo dhatu or fat tissue eventually results in fatty liver disease. This accumulated fat cause blockage of subtle channels or srothas which carry medo dhatu and leads to further vitiation of fat metabolism. As liver is the main organ where metabolism of fat happens, any liver disorder hampers metabolism to a great extent.