Article: CRITICAL STUDY OF ANGAMARDA PRASHMANA, SHOOLAHARA AND VEDNASTHAPANA MAHAKASHAYA OF ACHARYA CHARAKA: A REVIEW

Article Category: Review articles

DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.140122

Pages: 92-95

Author: Parul Anand *, Bhupesh R Patel, Bhavna Kapdiya

Abstract: Introduction: Ayurveda offers a holistic way of living life. An altered lifestyle today is totally against the principles of Ayurveda and hence is a bundle of diseases emerging today. PAIN is one of such challenges in the medical world today. According to Ayurveda texts, chronic pain is caused by imbalances in doshas and is influenced by many factors, like diet, digestion, toxic accumulation, stress, energy levels and daily routine. Angamarda prashmana mahakashaya, Shoolahara mahakashaya and Vedanasthapana mahakashaya of Acharya Charaka usually find their shadow under the broad umbrella of the concept of pain. The conceptual approach to all these in the management of pain not being same; hence needs conceptual and clinical exploration. The present paper discusses the role of the above three drug groups in managing pains of various origins. All the relevant texts, along with the introductory text of Charaka Samhita, were taken to explore the current topic. Angamarda prashmana mahakashaya finds its appropriate selectivity in Swatantra vata prakopa, while Shoolahara mahakashaya primarily aims at the pain of colic origins. Vedanasthapana drugs, on the other hand, have their action on pains of psychosomatic origin. The difference in the mode of action of Angamarda prashmana Mahakashaya, Shoolahara Mahakashaya and Vednasthapana Mahakashaya has also been discussed in the present article.

Keyword: Angamarda prashmana, herbs, pain management, Shoolahara, Vednasthapana