Abstract

EKALA DRAVYA CHIKITSA IN LIFESTYLE DISORDERS

Shraddha Dilip Hankare* and Ranjeet Balasaheb Rupnar

Abstract

Nowadays lifestyle disorder is burning issue in developed as well as developing countries. Over stress and bad food habits or bad life style hampers the individual’s happiness and predispose to many diseases like Diabetes type 2, PCOD, HTN, Mental depression, Osteoarthritis and various other clinical conditions. Ayurveda being the life science, as preventive and curative aspect, one can adopt the Ayurvedic methodologies to overcome the jeopardies. According to present day lifestyle, with different kinds of food i.e. junk food, fast food, packed food etc. with the life style changes leads to disturbance and its ramification in different systems in the body which leads to lifestyle disorder. With various kinds of treatment initially instead of proprietary drugs one can get to know about the single drug used in such type of lifestyle disorders plays a key role to cure a disease. The purpose of this article is to enlist the Ekala Dravya Prayog (single drug use) in one roof which are used in lifestyle disorders. One can easily come to know the disease and can choose single drug according to availability and by their convenience as a curative aspects of disease. These herbs have immuno-modulator properties which helps to manage the corresponding diseases and balances the immune system and thus leads to healthy and disease free life. In this article a small attempt is made to congregate a list of Ekala Dravyas which can be effectively used in such type of diseases.

Keywords: Ekala Dravya, Ayurveda, Lifestyle disorders.