Rasayan as a Public Health Tool at the time of Communicable Disease

Priyanka Dorage; Ashish Thatere; Ramraj Singh

doi:10.21760/jaims.8.4.24

Priyanka Dorage Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Kayachikitsa, Government Ayurved College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Ashish Thatere Guide & Assistant Professor, Department of Kayachikitsa, Government Ayurved College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Ramraj Singh Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Kayachikitsa, Government Ayurved College & Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.4.24

Keywords: Communicable diseases, Janpadodhwansa, Rasayan, Vyadhikshmatva, Ojas, Agni

Abstract

Communicable diseases are illness caused by infectious agent or its toxins that spread from an infected person to normal person through the direct or indirect transmission. In Ayurved, communicable diseases are clearly mentioned under a broad term Janpadodhwansa and Aupasargik Roga according to Charak and Sushrut respectively. Most of the concepts of Janpadodhwansa are like etiology, mode of transmission and principles of prevention of outbreak etc. Are more likely corresponding to current theories about epidemic and pandemic. Immunity of an individual plays a major role in action of the infectious agent and development of further disease. “Rasayan Chikitsa” is therapy which produces the best quality of Rasaadi Sapta-Dhatus by increased Agni producing further the good quality of Ojas. Due to which the optimum Vyadhikshmatva is achieved, it further helps in controlling the disease condition. Rasayan also increases the longevity, mental, physical communicable diseases strength and improve quality of life. Activities of Rasayan botanicals on immune mechanisms and its antiviral activity provide a sound logic to use of these botanicals as a preventive major in the communicable diseases. Rasayan acts on both main manifestation of any diseases that is Manasika (psychosomatic) by Aachar Rasayan and Sharirik (body) by drug therapy. This review focuses on how communicable diseases can be prevent and control by Rasayan and how Rasayan help to improve public health. It also focuses on complications of communicable diseases which is major current challenge (in terms of Post COVID-19 syndrome) for Global Health system.

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