An Insight into ‘Charakokta Dravya-Pariksha Vidhi’ and its Applicability
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The following article deals with the concept of ‘Dravya Pariksha Vidhi’ mentioned by Acharya Charaka in Charak-Samhita Vimanasthana 8/87. Dravya pariksha vidhi plays an important role in the field of Dravyaguna i.e., the science of Dravya –Drug which deals with the Guna (Properties) and Karma (Actions). It is basically the study methodology described regarding a new drug. In this work an attempt is made to understand the each every point mentioned under Dravya Pariksha Vidhi thoroughly and understand their importance in case of drug study. The biggest advantage of applying this method is that, we could find Ayurvedic attributes like Rasapanchaka, gunas,etc. for a totally new drug and thus, facilitate its use in Ayurvedic therapeutics. It was also observed that it is quiet similar to the Pharmacognostic study method for natural drug and thus, it can be concluded that, studying a new drug by combining both methods would be more beneficial for the acceptance of that drug
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Pooja S. Dabhade
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