Article: ROLE OF AGAD TANTRA IN THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF BREAST CANCER WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DOOSHI VISHA: A REVIEW

Article Category: Review articles

DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.165187

Pages: 144-147

Author: Rahul K. Gohil *, Sushant Sud, Mohammed Muzzamal

Abstract: Breast cancer is a mainly growing globally health concern, increasingly affecting younger women. While modern medicine highlights genetics, hormones, and lifestyle as key risk factors. Ayurveda offers a holistic approach through the concept of Dooshi Visha (cumulative poisons), a slow-acting toxin that accumulates in the body over time. Agad Tantra, the branch of Ayurveda which deal with toxins, their symptoms and management. This paper explores the parallels between Dooshi Visha and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in breast cancer development, and examines how Agad Tantra’s principles may contribute to its prevention and management. This study reviews classical Ayurvedic texts and contemporary research on Dooshi Visha, Agad Tantra and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in relation to Stanarbuda (breast cancer) thereby integrating traditional and modern viewpoints. Emerging evidence suggest that Dooshi Visha accumulates inside the body over time and plays a role in the development pathogenesis of breast cancer. In contemporary biomedical terms, this concept compares the action of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), which make equilibrium in hormonal homeostasis, cellular signalling, and gene expression thereby ultimately contributing carcinogenesis. Agad Tantra offers preventive and management by Shodhana (detoxification and purification), Agad Prayoga (anti-poisonous drug), Rasayana Therapy (rejuvenation) closely aligning with modern holistic cancer management supported physiological balance, showed improved hormonal markers and general health. This helps to neutralize toxins and support tissue health, but more clinical research is needed. A major challenge is the lack of scientific validation and measurable markers for Dooshi Visha.

Keyword: Agad Tantra, Breast Cancer, Dooshi Visha, Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Stanarbuda, Shodhana