Diversified Uses of Mineral Origin Substances in Sushruta Samhita: An Overall Review
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2019, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Ayurveda, the science of life, is an upveda of Atharvaveda, one of the oldest scriptures of Hindus. Drugs used in Ayurveda are obtained from natural sources only i.e. from plants, animals or metals/minerals. Metals and minerals require some special techniques like shodhana, marana, jarana, satvapatana etc. before internal administration as they are mostly found associated with various impurities and toxic elements. These specific techniques are not as much elaborated and well documented in Samhitas as in classical texts of Rasashastra, so it is assumed that use of mineral origin substances were confined only upto the external application in Samhita period. Sushruta Samhita is one of the most ancient, authoritative classical book of Indian medicine especially of shalya and shalakya. In the present study an overall review of mineral origin substances regarding their therapeutic application and other uses in Sushruta Samhita is done and it is observed that the roots of this science are also embedded in Samhitas, the treasure of knowledge. Besides use of metals in manufacture of vessels, yantra, shastra, tongue scrapper and vastinetra, a good no. of references are also collected regarding therapeutic use of metals and minerals viz. 129 references regarding their use via other than oral route as compound formulation, 34 references via oral route as compound formulations, 21 references of oral route as a single drug and 9 references where single metal/mineral drug were used through other than oral route for treatment purpose by adopting different Rasashastra techniques. It clearly signifies the indepth knowledge of Acharya Sushruta in relation of application of metals and minerals in that period.
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Premraj Chaudhary, Pallavi Singh
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