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Review On Rasa Chikitsa
Review On Rasa Chikitsa
INTRODUCTION:-
In the modern ayurvedic practice,the rasashastra has been considered
more useful and effective when compared to the herbal preparations.
Mercury is said to give a firm physique, a stable mind, and to be the best destroyer
of disease.
Apart from mercury there are a lot of minerals and metals with rasayana
properties. Just as herbs have their rasa, so do minerals.
For example, swarna is madhura (sweet) and kashaya (astringent) in rasa, snigdha
(oily) and laghu (light) in guna, sheeta (cold) in virya, and madhura in vipaka. Its
actions are vishaghana, varnya, rasayana
Brimhana, ruchikara, deepana, medhya, smriti
vardhana and aphrodisiac.
It checks wasting of the body tissues, improves body
complexion and acts as an antimicrobial and
antipyretic.
Concept of rasa-rasayana:-
Generally,rasa word is used for parada.
In rasashastra,rasadravya is not only or paarada but also
other rasadravyas
At the same time,rasoushadha means,the oushadha not only
prepared with parada,but also with other rasadravyas.
Acc. To charaka chiki.1st chapter-rasayana means
CHIKITSAVAD
DEHAVADA DHATHUVADA
A
Relevance of Dehavada and Dhatuvada:-
DEHAVADA:- “jeevanmukthi’’
Transformation of a body to healthy state by eradicating the diseases
and making the tissues of the body strong,immune to various diseases
and enable the person to lead a healthy longer life by the use of
formulations prepared from mercury and other metals and minerals.
DHATUVADA:-
B.SWARNA BHASMA:-
Have a significant antioxidant and restorative effects in global and focal models of
ischemia.
Significant restoration of altered values of enzymes-to near normal levels by swarna
bhasma.
Experimental animal model--- swarna bhasma shows significantly increased
superoxide dismutase and catalyse activity,two enzymes that reduce free radical
concentrations in the body.
2.Vyadhi nivartaka(prevents disease)
Rasayana provides drug base therapy(vyadhihara)&remedial measures
as pathya,prasamana,&prakrithisthapana.
Non-specific type of immunomodulation.
Strengthen the immune system as a whole
Increasing the quantity and quality of the components.
Parada rasayanaprayoga:-
KSHETREEKARANA:-
सन्जातपन्चकृ त्यस्य जैत्रै: यत् गदनाशनम्।
रसायनादौ तत्प्रान्जै: क्षेत्रीकरणमुच्यते॥
Before taking rasayana guna yuktha paarada oushadha yogas for rasayana
and vyadhinashaka purpose,----------perform panchakarma.
Snehanam-Upto 3 days,take---gritha+saindhava
Swedanam-by hot pouch
Virechanam-by taking ichabhedi rasa
Vamana-by taking vacha kwatha
Krimi nivarana-by taking modaka of(palasha beeja+vidanga+guda)-----
koshta krimi nivaarana.---take oushadha yogas like shrungarabhra Lakshmi
vilasa rasa etc.
Paarada sevana kala:-
प्रत्युषे भक्षयेत् सूतम् पथ्यम् यामे तदादिमे।
द्वितीय यामे मति मान शनी याद् भोजनम् हितम्॥