A study to evaluate the relation between status of jatharagni and shareerika bala

BACKGROUND Agni in impartial state is the important factor for maintaining the health, Agni is required for the proper digestion of food and nourishment of the body tissues, so agni can be considered as symbol of life. Bala is the physical and mental strength of individual. Jatharagni is chief among panch bhutagni and sapta dhatvagni. Agnibala & shareerika bala varies in respective rutu as in varsha & greeshma it is avara, in vasanta & sharad is madhyama and in hemanta & shishira is pravara. The last seven days of a previous season and the first seven days of the next season called as rutusandhi. During rutusandhi the nature of dosha, jatharagni & shareerika bala is unstable. So study was undertaken to evaluate the relation between status of Jatharagni and Shareerika bala. OBJECTIVES • To establish relationship between Jatharagni & shareerika bala in ritusandhi kala (vasantagreeshma and sharad hemanta). • To evaluate status of Jatharagni in ritusandhi kala viz. Vasanta & Greeshma (Adanakala) and Sharad & Hemanta (Visargakala). • To evaluate the status of shareerika bala in ritusandhi kala viz. Vasanta & Greeshma (Adanakala) and Sharad & Hemanta (Visargakala). METHODS Healthy 150 volunteers were selected for the study in both vasantagreeshma and sharadhemanta rutusandhi and jatharagni bala & shareerika bala was assessed. RESULTS Results show significant relation between jatharagni bala and shareerika bala in vasanta greeshma & sharadhemanta rutusandhi. INERPRETATION/CONCLUSION Somers d test & spearman’s correlation test was performed to determine the relation between jatharagni bala and shareerika bala in vasanta greeshma & sharad hemanta rutusandhi. Majority of subjects prevailed with Madhyama jatharagni bala & shareerika bala. It


Introduction:
The concept of agni in ayurveda is a unique one. In universe all living entities exists life by jatharagni only. There is no life without agni. 1 Jatharagni is responsible for breaking down of macro particles of food in to micro particles which helps in absorption and utilization by the body. The process of digestion takes place in the stomach (amashaya) with the help of jatharagni and leads to bala in the body. 2 Jatharagni is the main agni present in the body which nourishes dhatwagni, bhootagni and maintain the shareerika bala in the body. Jatharagni or pachakagni is the main converting agent, while the other agni's like dhatwagni & bhootagni always depend on the jatharagni. 3 Agni is the cause of digestion it converts the food in to aahara rasa, rasa nourishes the tissues and build the body, without agni the food cannot digest and develop the tissue strength. 4 The jatharagni performs the function of macro digestion its vitiation causes agnimandya and this is the root cause for variety of diseases. 5 Bala is considered as the physical and mental strength of an individual. The shareerika bala in healthy individuals may vary according to types of agni, prakruthi, kala, rutu 6  The health status was observed based on 8 criteria's. For 150 volunteers HP -health perception minimum score was 67 and maximum was 79, PF-physical functioning minimum score was 50 and maximum was 100, PH-role limitations due to physical health minimum score was 75 and maximum was 100, EP-role limitations due to emotional problems minimum &s maximum core was 100, SF-social functioning minimum score was 50 and maximum score was 100, MH-mental health (emotional well being) minimum score was 65 and maximum score was 92, BP-bodily pain minimum score was 65 and maximum score was 100 and E/F-energy/fatigue minimum score was 50 and maximum score was 85. No one has shows score below 50 so all volunteers were healthy.
Among the 150 individuals, 28 individuals were pravara jatharagni bala, 122 individuals were madhyama jatharagni bala and no individual had avara jatharagni bala in sharad hemanta rutusandhi.  Spearman's rankorder correlation test was performed to determine the relationship between the jatharagni bala and Shareerika bala among 150 healthy volunteers in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi kala. It was observed that there was a positive correlation between the jatharagni bala and Shareerika bala, which was statistically significant at the Spearman correlation value .305 which is having significance at p value <0.000 level in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi. Spearman's rankorder correlation test was performed to determine the relationship between the jatharagni bala and Shareerika bala among 150 healthy volunteers in sharad hemanta rutusandhi kala. It was observed that there was a positive correlation between the jatharagni bala and Shareerika bala, which was statistically significant at the Spearman correlation value .279 which is having significance at p value <0.000 level in sharad hemanta rutusandhi.

Discussion:
The health status was observed based on 8 criteria's. For 150 volunteers HPhealth perception minimum score was 67 and maximum was 79, PF-physical functioning minimum score was 50 and maximum was 100, PH-role limitations due to physical health minimum score was 75 and maximum was 100, EP-role limitations due to emotional problems minimum &s maximum core was 100, SF-social functioning minimum score was 50 and maximum score was 100, MH-mental health (emotional well being) minimum score was 65 and maximum score was 92, BP-bodily pain minimum score was 65 and maximum score was 100 and E/F-energy/fatigue minimum score was 50 and maximum score was 85. No one has shows score below 50 so all volunteers were healthy.
Among the 150 individuals, 33 individuals were pravara jatharagni bala, 114 individuals were madhyama jatharagni bala and 3 individuals had avara jatharagni bala in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi. In vasanta greeshma rutusandhi there is kapha is in negative tendency i.e from prakopa avastha to prashama avastha so there is improvement of jatharagni bala but at the same time there is initial stage of vata sanchaya , due to climatic and environmental changes thus there is also having chances for jatharagni vishamata because of this above results shows 22% pravara and madhyama 76% and avara 2% frequency for jatharagni bala.
In sharad hemanta rutusandhi there is pitta is in negative tendency so there is blockade to dissipation of body heat which increases the digestive power in strong men but there is also initial stage of kapha sanchaya , due to climatic and environmental changes there may be fluctuations in the status of jatharagni occurs so the above results shows 18.7% pravara and madhyama 81.3% and avara 0% frequency for jatharagni bala.
Among the 150 individuals, 51 individuals were pravara, 82 were madhyama and 17 were avara shareerika bala in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi. In vasanta greeshma rutusandhi there is kapha is in negative tendency i.e from prakopa avastha to prashama avastha so there is improvement of jatharagni bala but at the same time there is initial stage of vata sanchaya due to climatic and environmental changes thus there is also having chances for jatharagni vishamata because of this above results shows 34% pravara and madhyama 54.7% and avara 11.3% frequency for shareerika bala.
Among the 150 individuals, 36 individuals were pravara, 100 were madhyama and 14 were avara shareerika bala in sharad hemanta rutusandhi. In sharad hemanta rutusandhi there is pitta is in negative tendency so there is blockade to dissipation of body heat which increases the digestive power in strong men but there is also initial stage of kapha sanchaya, due to climatic and environmental changes there may be fluctuations in the status of jatharagni occurs so the above results shows 24% pravara and madhyama 66.7% and avara 9.3% frequency for shareerika bala. This exercise increases the rate at which energy is needed from food. This increases the need for both food and oxygen in the body. Thus the pulse rate and breathing rate increase with this exercise. Pulse is just an indication of heart rate as arteries expand each time the ventricles pump blood out the heart. Heart speeds up to pump extra food and oxygen to the muscles. Breathing speeds up to get more oxygen and get rid of more carbon dioxide. The time which it takes for pulse and breathing rate to return normal is a recovery period. Climatic and environmental of vasantagreeshma & sharad-hemanta rutusandhi changes might have impact over readings of Harvard step test.
Somers d test was performed to determine the association between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala among 150 healthy volunteers in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi. It was observed that there was positive correlation between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala which was statistically significant at the somer d value .237 and .363 which is having significance at p value <0.000 and p value <0.000 level in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi.
Somers d test was performed to determine the association between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala among 150 healthy volunteers in sharad hemanta rutusandhi. It was observed that there was positive correlation between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala which was statistically significant at the somer d value .213 and .344 which is having significance at p value <0.002 and p value <0.002 level in sharad hemanta rutusandhi.
Spearman's rankorder correlation test was performed to determine the relationship between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala among 150 healthy volunteers in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi kala. It was observed that there was a positive correlation between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala, which was statistically significant at the Spearman correlation value .305 which is having significance at p value <0.000 level in vasanta greeshma rutusandhi.
Spearman's rankorder correlation test was performed to determine the relationship between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala among 150 healthy volunteers in sharad hemanta rutusandhi kala. It was observed that there was a positive correlation between the jatharagni bala and shareerika bala, which was statistically significant at the Spearman correlation value .279 which is having significance at p value <0.000 level in sharad hemanta rutusandhi.

Acknowledgement:
At this juncture I would like to salute the golden feet of Lord Dhanwantari for showering their blessings on me and made me to complete this work smoothly and successfully.
I take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude towards Dr VEERENDRA HEGADE, Dharmadhikari Pujya padmavibhushan, founder president of SDM Education Society for his divine blessings and PROF.YASHOVARMA, Secretary, SDM Education Society, Ujire, who provided me an opportunity of joining in this esteemed institution. Ethical committee permissions details: