Abstract

CONCEPT OF DRAVYAGUNA IN AYURVEDA– A REVIEW

Dr. Rinky Jatav*, Dr. Vir Kirti, Dr. Yogesh Kumar, Dr. Chandra Bhan Singh and Dr. Ajay Kumar

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Abstract

Prehistoric antiquity is seen in Ayurveda having innumerable medicine. The understanding regarding therapeutic value of plants has remained accumulated in a way of several centuries. The suitability of options medicine especially medicine has now come to be a critical need of time. In these articles basic of Dravyaguna (Ayurvedic Pharmacology) has been taken in accounts so that one can see the action of various drugs properly. It is the time when Ayurvedic concept must be proved on modern parameters. Ayurvedic pharmacological medicine is being dealt with these terms- Rasa (taste), Guna (Properties), Veerya (active principles), Vipak (Biotransformation) and Prabhav (Specific action).

Keywords: Dravyaguna; Rasa; Veerya; Alternative Medicine.