EFFECT OF VIRECHANA (PURGATION THERAPY) IN TAMAKA SHWASA (BRONCHIAL ASTHMA)
Anita Kumari* and Anil Bhardwaj
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda emphases on three types of therapeutic management of the diseases viz; Samshodhana (purification), Samshamana (pacification) and Nidana Parivarjana (avoiding causative factors). Panchakarma is the therapeutic technology of Samsodhana. Panchakarma consists of five main purification procedures namely, Vamana (emesis), Virechana (purgation), Basti (administration of drug through rectum/ urethra/vagina), Raktamokashana (bloodletting) and Nasya (administration of drug through nasal route). Tamaka Shwasa is a disease described in Ayurvedic texts that shows close resemblance with bronchial asthma on the basis of clinical manifestations. Due to exhausting and prolonged conventional treatment majority of asthmatic patients prefer to take Ayurvedic treatment for better results, and maximum (especially those who take treatment at early stage) get significant relief. Managing Bronchial asthma on Ayurvedic line of treatment is totally different from that of conventional management. Clinical validation of a therapy further required scientific explanation and justification for its global acceptance. Thus in this paper an attempt is made to search the probable scientific reasons for the action of purgation therapy in Tamaka Shwasa (Bronchial asthma).
Keywords: Virechan, Purification, Bronchial asthma, Samshodhana.
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