Abstract

A REVIEW ON CONCEPT OF PURISHVAHA SROTAS

Rathod Chetana D.*, Chhangani Jaikrishna S., Garje Pramod F. and Gotmare Ashish Y.

Abstract

Ayurveda is an ancient science of health promotion, disease prevention and treatment. The chief aim of Ayurveda is to promote health of healthy individual and secondary aim is to treat illness. Swastha (health) of an individual is purely depending upon the balanced state of dhosha, dhatu, mala and Agni. Our human body is made up of Srotas (macro and microchannels). Channels of circulation or tracts within the body are called Srotas through which various physiological and pathological process are carried out. Manifestation of a disease occurs in the body as a result of defective Srotas of the body. So, any defect of Srotas must be corrected as soon as possible, for the restoration of normal health. Any slight disturbance at the level of srotas either structurally or functionally leads to dosha-dushyasammurchhana and as a result disease manifests. Purish is the faeces and it is also known as "vit" or "mala". It represents the undigested residue left over after the nutrient fraction of the food has been separated and absorbed. The function of Purishvaha Srotas is to excrete solid waste outside the body. In this, efforts will be taken to study sthan, dushti hetu, dushti lakshanas and viddha lakshanas of purishvaha srotas. Aim: To study ayurvedic concept of purishvaha srotas. Materials and methods: Literature review of ayurvedic Samhita’s, modern texts of physiology along with internet material and research papers.

Keywords: Srotas, Purishvaha srotas, Mulasthan, Dushti hetu, Dushti lakshanas.