An Ayurvedic approach in Monkey Pox - A Review

  • Shrikrishna Prakash Gawankar Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Ayurved Samhita and Siddhant, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Ayurved and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
  • Mrudula V. Joshi Professor, Department of Ayurved Samhita and Siddhant, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Ayurved and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
  • Shivanand P. Divekar Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Ayurved Samhita and Siddhant, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Ayurved and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Keywords: Monkey-pox, Anukta Vyadhi, Samkramaka Roga, prevention and cure

Abstract

Monkey pox is a zoonotic sickness brought about by the monkey pox infection, an orthopoxvirus in the poxviradae family. With its rising dreariness and low casualty rate, it has become endemic all through Focal and West Africa. It signifies a fever, extreme cerebral pain, body ache, enlarged lymph hubs, and a skin rash or sores. Side effects can wait for quite a long time, slowly debilitating the invulnerable framework and ultimately influencing patients with skin diseases, pneumonia, confusion, and eye contaminations that can prompt visual impairment. Ayurveda is an old study of medication in light areas of strength for of firm rules that have shown its preventive and healing viability for the vast majority Anukta Vyadhi's kin enduring today. Ayurvedic analytic and treatment highlights of such Anukta messes have previously been analyzed as far as Dosha pervasiveness. Thus, a coordinated methodology is expected for the fix of monkey pox to further develop the patient's personal satisfaction. In Ayurveda, such popular diseases are delegated Sankramaka Roga, and their side effects are related with Ayurvedic sicknesses, for example, Sannipatika Jwara, Samshoshi Jwara, Masurika, and Brihat Masurika. The objective of this audit is to find an Ayurvedic technique to diagnosing and treating monkey pox ailment. Alongside this preventive methodology utilizing Ayurveda, which is fundamental to stay solid under such pandemic as well as endemic circumstances, is talked about.

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CITATION
DOI: 10.21760/jaims.8.11.10
Published: 2023-12-27
How to Cite
Shrikrishna Prakash Gawankar, Mrudula V. Joshi, & Shivanand P. Divekar. (2023). An Ayurvedic approach in Monkey Pox - A Review. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences, 8(11), 77 - 81. https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.11.10
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