Abstract

STUDY OF PITTADHARA KALA DUSHTI AND MALABSORPTION (TROPICAL SPURE) W.R.T SANGRAHANI

Dr. Smita S. Kadu and *Dr. Kanchan Yogesh Hinge

Abstract

Ayurveda has emerged as a new hope for the world in terms of its usefulness in treating various diseases with minimal adverse effects. It is important that the system is explained to the modern world in the language and the terminology they understand. Kalas are the important physical and functional components of the body. They form a protective coating for the ashayas and also form a boundary between the ashayas and dhatus. By producing the mucous, they buffer and protect the organs like stomach and intestine from the corrosive action of acids and other digestive enzymes. The pittadhara kala not only serves as a protective linning membrane but also as a secreting and absorbing structure. These are nothing but srotamsi which compose kala. Now a day many peoples are suffering from malabsorption of nutrients. Pittadhara kala dushti may leads to grahani rog and it produce malabsorption in the body. This article is an effort to explain the pittadhara kala and applied physiology explained in Ayurvedic texts in view of modern day knowledge.

Keywords: Pittadhara kala, Kala, Grahani, Malabsorption.