Background- Panchkarma is a group of procedures known for its preventive, promotive, prophylactic and rejuve- nating properties as well as radicle cure. Nasya is one of the Panchkarma treatments. Among the various forms of Nasya, Dhumnasya is a very effective type of Nasya which has further been classified into different types based on various potency of herbs with their respective properties. Aim and Objective: To find out the role of Dhumnasya in the preventive and curative aspects. Material and Methods: Classics of Ayurveda having references regarding Nasya, Modern literature, published articles in peer-reviewed journals, published books and subject-related material available online have been screened, compiled, organized and described systematically. Result: In Dhumnasya medicinal herbs with other constituents are burnt in such an effective manner to produce a medicated fume contain- ing volatile phytochemical of herbs, which when inhaled through nasal route exerts their efficient role in both pre- vention and treatment of various forms of disease both at a local and systemic level. Conclusion: In this review article, it has been tried to focus on the preventive and curative aspect of Dhumnasya so to help to address issues related to poor bioavailability, slow absorption, drug degradation and adverse event in the GIT tract and avoid the first-pass metabolism in the liver and discover the advantage of smoke based therapies as rapid delivery to the brain, more efficient pulmonary absorption and become the suitable substitute for the oral and parental administration. Keywords: Panchkarma, Dhumnasya, Nasya, Medicated smoke.
Inflammation of knee joint is called knee arthritis. Among various forms of knee arthritis common is degenerative type of knee osteoarthritis It is the major cause of loco motor disability in old age people particularly among women. Analgesics and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are the current available pharmaceutical management of knee osteoarthritis which are associated with adverse side effects. Thus, there is need of research in traditional system of medicines for cost effective and long-term management of knee OA. Degenerative Knee osteo arthritis is almost similar to the Sandhivata describes in Ayuveda with respect to aetiology, pathology and clinical features. With the use of medicines Ayurveda also employs the prospective of Panchakarma in the various therapeutic measures, which is a kind of Shodhan Chikitsa. Panchakarma provides various therapeutic benefits as detoxification, improved circulation, spasm and pain relief. Hence objective of this review article is to describe the efficacy of Panchakarma in knee-arthritis with taking consideration of disease mentioned in Ayurvedic classics as Sandhivata
Due to various exogenous factors like lack of sleep, inappropriate food habits metabolic toxins (Ama) get deeply accumulated in the body which causes congestion in the patency of micro and macro channels leading to the stagnation of excreta and waste metabolites in the tissues, eventually unbalancing all the three Doshas in the body which catalyze the occurrence of various diseases like eczema, allergies, improper digestion, chronic fatigue etc. Panchakarma is a Shodhana therapy which cleanses the body at both gross organ and cellular level by eliminating the metabolic toxin (Ama) which restored the equilibrium of Dosha and give rise to permanent healing from the disease. As a consequence of this vigorous cleansing, metabolism (Agni) get slowed down. Thus, there are certain dietary measure and regimen (Samsarjana krama) is mentioned in the Ayurvedic classics which are essentially to be followed to restore the hypo function Agni and one can attain the utmost result from the Panchakarma therapies is to be discussed here.
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