Review of Shodhana in Rasashastra

  • R. Magesh Professor & HOD, Dept of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Murlidhar Ayurved College, Gujarat Ayurveda University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
  • R. Jayalekshmi Professor & HOD, Dept. of Prasutitantra and Striroga, Murlidhar Ayurved College, Gujarat Ayurveda University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.4.26
Keywords: Shodhana, Rasashastra, Drug Purification.

Abstract

Ayurveda, the science of life is being practised by Aryans from Vedic period. Kalpana is the process through which a substance transformed into different medicine form according to the need. In Rasashastra almost all the drugs are advised to be processed with specific Shodhana process before their internal uses. Shodhana, which literally means purification and converting drug fit for further procedure. Hence, the Shodhana process is aimed to remove impurities present in the drugs. Shodhana procedure is necessary for every drug before taking it for adding in any compound or subjecting it for further processes. After Shodhana process the drug - Physical, Chemical and biological changes take place, which are required for proper therapeutic action of the end product.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Acharya Sadanada Sharma, Rasa Tarangini, Translated by Shri Kashinath Shastri, 11th Edition, Reprint 2004, Motilala Banarsidas, New Delhi, 2nd Taranga/52, Pg: 22

Charaka Samhita, Part- I of Agnivesha commented by Pandit Kashinatate Shastri and Gorakhanath Chaturvedi published by Chaukhambha Bharati, Academy, Varanasi- 12th edition, 1984.

Rasa Ratna samuchchaya part –I of vaghatta, commented by Prof. Dattateya, Anant kulkarni, Published by meharchand lakshaman das publications dariya ganj new Delhi 3rd edition, 1982.

Acharya Govindas Sen, Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Ambikadatta Shastri, Vidyotini Vyakhya, 2nd Edition, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 2002, Jwaradhikara/117

Acharya Sadanada Sharma, Rasa Tarangini, Translated By Shri KashinathaShastri, 11th Edition, Reprint 2004, Motilala Banarsidas, New Delhi, 2nd Taranga/52

Acharya YT, Dravya Guna Vigyanam, Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Limited, Calcutta, 1956.

Ankit Kumar Gupta, Text book of Rasashastra, Chaukhambha Publication, New delhi, 2022, Pg: 38.

CITATION
DOI: 10.21760/jaims.8.4.26
Published: 2023-05-25
How to Cite
R. Magesh, & R. Jayalekshmi. (2023). Review of Shodhana in Rasashastra. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences, 8(4), 155 - 157. https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.4.26
Issue
Vol. 8 No. 4 (2023): APRIL
Section
Review Article

Copyright (c) 2023 R. Magesh, R. Jayalekshmi

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences (JAIMS) retains the copyright of the contents of this journal but grant the readers the right to use the contents with terms and conditions under a creative common attribution licenses 4 of Attribution, Share Alike and Non-commercial type (CC BY-NC-SA) that allows copy, distribute, display, and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only for non-commercial purposes.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.