Therapeutic use of Vidanga on Krimiroga - A Literary Review

  • Shahraf Naaz Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College, Patna, Bihar, India.
  • Sarswati Bharati Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College, Patna, Bihar, India.
  • Raman Ranjan Assistant Professor, Department of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College, Patna, Bihar, India.
  • Ganesh Prasad Gupta Associate Professor, Department of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College, Patna, Bihar, India.
Keywords: Vidanga, Embelia ribes, Krimiroga, worm

Abstract

Krimi’ is a short name representing vast term called “worms” which may grow inside or outside the human body. In today’s fast going world we all use fast food, street food, half cooked food and readymade food for saving time. Our children are also very fond of these kinds of foods as their day starts with Pizza & ends with Burger. Due to this type of food intake which is hard to digest in time, we people prepare a good medium for intestinal worm infestation. Due to various reason including bad food habits 96% of peoples nowadays are affected with a Krimiroga (Udar Krimi). This is very common among children so it is very necessary to have cheap and easily available medicine to get rid of it. And if this medicine would have natural composition & still have high efficacy, then it would be better. One of the herbal remedy we are interested here is vidanga. Embelia ribes known as Vidanga has sure shot therapeutic value in treating Krimiroga due to its chemical constituent. This review is going to highlight the overall information in this short section.

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How to Cite
Shahraf Naaz, Sarswati Bharati, Raman Ranjan, & Ganesh Prasad Gupta. (2023). Therapeutic use of Vidanga on Krimiroga - A Literary Review. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences, 7(11), 169 - 174. Retrieved from https://jaims.in/jaims/article/view/2055
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Review Article