Abstract

STANDARDISATION OF BINDU FOR PANCHAGAVYA GHRITA A PILOT STUDY

Divya S. Zala*, Adil Rais, Kalpana S. Patel, Anup B. Thakar and Nilesh N. Bhatt

Abstract

Ayurveda is the rich storehouse of time-tested and effective recipe for the treatment of diseases. Four major factors contributing to success or failure in a treatment protocol are the Physician, drug, attendant and the patient himself. Out of these Acharya Charaka has laid stress over the fact that the Siddhi or success in treatment is largely based upon the drug dosage and the timing of the drug used. Dosage of the drug administered is a very important factor in any of the Panchakarma procedures to produce optimum efficacy of the therapy. Nasya is one of the important procedures in Panchakarma. Nasya karma is considered to be the most specific procedures for diseases of the head or the diseases of Urdhwajatrugata (supraclavicular region). Bindu is the unit of measurement explained for the dose of Nasya. Bindu is not equal to drop as mentioned in classics that it is the quantity of Drava that dribbles down when the first two digits of index finger are dripped into it and taken out. So, in current attempt one pilot study was conducted in 10 subjects before starting the clinical trial on Generalized Anxiety disorder in which Panchagavya Ghrita was used for Nasya Karma in dose of 8 Bindu. Quantity of one Bindu for Panchagavya Ghrita was 0.53ml.

Keywords: Bindu, Nasyakarma, Panchagavya Ghrita, Panchakarma.