Drug review of Maha-Gandhahasthi Agada

  • Akanksha Chourasiya Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Agad Tantra evum Vidhi Vaidyaka, Pt. Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Vijay Soliya Post Graduate Scholar, Department of Agad Tantra evum Vidhi Vaidyaka, Pt. Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Urmila Shukla Professor and HOD, Department of Agad Tantra evum Vidhi Vaidyaka, Pt. Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Deepika Thakur Lecturer, Department of Agad Tantra evum Vidhi Vaidyaka, Pt. Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Sharad Rathi Lecturer, Department of Agad Tantra evum Vidhi Vaidyaka, Pt. Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.10.3.38
Keywords: Agad, Visha, Maha-Gandhahasthi, Formulation

Abstract

Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine in India. It deals with promoting health and preventing disease. The foundation of Ayurveda is based on eight branches i.e., Astanga Ayurveda & in those one of the eight divisions is Agadatantra (Toxicology). It deals with detailed description about the Visha i.e., its classification, diseases caused by it and different treatment principles. It deals with the treatment of various poisons. Agada is one of the remedies explained in the Chaturvimshati Upakarama (24 treatment procedure) as Aushadhi Prayoga. For the management of poisons various treatment procedures have been described, one among them is the use of formulations taken orally. Varied formulations are described of just herbal, animal origin and also herbo-mineral in origin. One among them is Maha-Gandhahasthi Agada that is mentioned in the treatment of Visha. It is a formulation of sixty drugs and the Bhavana Dravya is of animal origin drugs namely Go Pitta (cow’s bile). This is indicated in various conditions such as Pilla, Timir, Ratraandhyam (night blindness), Visham Jwar, Vishucika, etc.

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DOI: 10.21760/jaims.10.3.38
Published: 2025-05-13
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Akanksha Chourasiya, Vijay Soliya, Urmila Shukla, Deepika Thakur, Sharad Rathi. Drug review of Maha-Gandhahasthi Agada. J Ayurveda Integr Med Sci [Internet]. 2025May13 [cited 2025May22];10(3):242 -247. Available from: https://jaims.in/jaims/article/view/4112
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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2025): MARCH
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