Abstract

A REVIEW ON SHILAJATHVADI YOGA AND ITS CONTENT

Dr. Sreelakshmy Changath* and Prof. Y. K. Sharma

Abstract

Shilajathvadi Yoga is a Herbo-Mineral preparation used for the treatment of Diabetes. Diabetes can be considered as one of the variant of Ayurvedic description of Prameha. The importance of over nutrition and sedentary life style is shown by the fact that over the age of 40, some 80% of patients developing diabetes are considerably over weight. Shilajatu is mentioned as one of the Shreshta Dravya[1] for Prameha. In Ayurveda, it is said that there is no curable disease that can‟t be cured with Shilajatu.[2] In Prameha body acquires Shaithilya and Shilajatu is able to improve the quality of body tissues. Shilajathvadi Yoga is a patent drug proprietary medicine in the form of capsules. On Conducting Clinical study Shilajatvadi Yoga showed significant results in lowering FBS and PPBS along with reducing the symptoms of Prameha. The main content Shilajatu, being Dehadardyakara and Rasayana improves the quality of Dhatu production. Other ingredients of this drug are widely used by Ayurvedic Practioners to treat Prameha. All other properties enable the drug to act effectively against the Prameha by breaking its Samprapti.This paper is an humble attempt to make a review on the formulation “Shilajathvadi Yoga”.

Keywords: Shilajathvadi, Yoga, Prameha, Dehadardyakara, Shaithilya, Dhatu, Samprapti.