Abstract

INTRODUCTION OF CANCER DISEASE ACCORDING TO AGAD TANTRA- A REVIEW

Dr. Pooja Verma*, Dr. Sharad Porte and Dr. Rahish Ali Kureshi

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Abstract

Cancer is the one word which is very scary for every human beings. Every year about 8,00,000 new cancer patients get registered with the national cancer registry program in India. Though heredity plays its role in causing cancer but that include only 5% of cancer cases, non - heredity factors such as life style, food, level of physical activity, personal hygiene, environmental pollution are the major causing factors. Due to these factors toxins get accumulated in body day by day called as cumulative toxins in Ayurveda it is nothing but dushi visha. Ayurveda is divided into eight branches Agadatantra is one of them. In this branch treatment of poison is explained and it is done by Shodhana (purification) method followed by various agada kalpas which are described in samhitas for the treatment vishas (poison).

Keywords: Cancer, Cumulative toxins, Dushi visha, Agada kalpas.