Contemporary and Ancient Review of Mosquitoes - A Review

  • Aditi Yadav Post Graduate Scholar, Dept. of Agad Tantra, Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
  • R. C. Tiwari Prof. & H.O.D, P.G. Dept. of Agad Tantra, Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
  • Manisha Dikshit Associate Professor, P. G. Dept. of Agad Tantra, Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
  • Bhavana Mittal Assistant Prof, P. G. Dept. of Agad Tantra, Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
  • Ved Bhushan Sharma Assistant Prof, P. G. Dept. of Agad Tantra, Uttarakhand Ayurveda University, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Keywords: Atharvaveda, Ayurveda, Mosquitoes, Keet, Vedic Era.

Abstract

Indian system of medicine plays an important part in health care system all over India. There are numerous allusions to mosquitoes in Indian writings from the Vedic era. The Atharvaveda makes special reference of mosquito shape, habitat, many varieties, behaviour, and even their presence throughout the year. The 67 different forms of Keet and their genesis were documented by Acharya Susruta in Kalpasthana, while Keet Visha describes five different types of Mashak in which Parvatiya Mashak is the most hazardous to people. There is also Mashak description In Charaka Samhita of chapter Visha Chikitsa. Numerous mosquito species have been identified in contemporary science. Mosquitoes are the most important group of blood sucking insects causing nuisance diseases to humans and other animals.  It follows that our ancestors' seers or philosophers were already aware of this.

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Aditi Yadav, R. C. Tiwari, Manisha Dikshit, Bhavana Mittal, & Ved Bhushan Sharma. (2022). Contemporary and Ancient Review of Mosquitoes - A Review. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences, 7(8), 81 - 85. Retrieved from https://jaims.in/jaims/article/view/1939
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Vol. 7 No. 8 (2022): SEPTEMBER
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