SCIENTIFIC REVIEW ON VAMANA DRAVYA (EMETIC DRUGS) OF SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
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https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v9i6.480Abstract
Panchakarma is a science which deals mainly with five purificatory therapies for elimination of Doshas and also Snehana, Swedana, Brihmana, Rukshana, Lekhana, Sthambhana etc., therapies for the benefit for healthy and patients to maintain the health and radical cure of the disease. The elimination of Doshas in Apakwa Avastha through Urdhwabhaga by Gunas of Vamaka Dravya is known as Vamana. After screening Sushruta Samhita along with Dalhana Tika, different Vamana Dravya were also found. Web sources with keywords like Vamana Dravya, Vamanopaga Dravya, Sushruta Samhita and Dravya Guna textbooks used to clarify the dispute of different Dravya mentioned in Samhita. In this article for the first time the comprehensive scientific review done to compile twenty-five Vamana and Vamanopaga Dravya from Sushruta Samhita and critically analysed the various aspects related to the botanical identification, part used, current availability, indications, current use in practice etc.
Keywords: Panchakarma, Vamana, Vamanopaga, Sushruta Samhita, Vamana Kalpa
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