Research Paper
An important concept described in charak samhita : RaktapradosajvikÁra and its management
Author: Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Pathak*, Dr. H. H. Awasthi**,
*Senior Resident &Ph.D scholar, Department of Rachana Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU
**Associate Professor & Head, Department of Rachana Sharir,Faculty of Ayurveda,IMS,BHU
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Abstract : Caraka
SaïhitÁ is the main Àyurvedic text that deals with medicines and non-surgical methods of Àyurvedic treatment and is one of the three major classics of Àyurveda.
Caraka
SaïhitÁ represents the preaching’s of Punarvasu
À
treya
to his disciples, documented by his disciple Agnivesha.
Raktadushti
and RaktadushtivikÁras enjoy a special status in the field of Àyurveda. The ancient scholars of Àyurveda describe RaktapradoÒajvikÁras in the context of dhatupradoÒajavikÁra. Caraka was the first who has given due importance and described the etiopathogenesis and management of dhatupradoÒajavikÁras in his treatise CarakaSaïhitÁ. Susruta narrated the names of dhatupradoÒajavikÁras but not mentioned the principle of management. BhelaSaïhitÁ has used the term "dhatuvyapattijanyavikÁra" instead of dhatupradoÒajavikÁras. No other Acharyas in the subsequent generation mentioned the diseases under the name of dhatupradoÒajavikÁra. They have given the nidana and chikitsa of these disorders separately in their texts.
The raktajaroga is the outcome of vitiation of doÒas specially pittadoÒa because of its similar properties to that of rakta, so its involvement is quite often. Any curable disease which is not responding to the treatment, it must be treated on the line of raktajaroga.
The treatment of raktajaroga consists of –
Samana
therapy – raktapitaharikriya
,
Pacana
therapy – Upavasa
,
Sodhan
therapy – Virecana and raktamokshana.
