Abstract

ASSESSMENT OF ŚĀRĪRIKA PRAKṚTI AND MĀNASIKA PRAKṚTI DURING CHOICE OF DRUGS IN AYURVEDA.

*Singh Manish and Bhusal Nirmal

Abstract

The knowledge of āyurveda is descended through a scientific way of transmission from time immemorial. The knowledge has been testified through a series of experiments by various scholars for thousands of years. Eradication of diseases by means of preventions and treatments was the main focus of the science. Medicine (bheṣajam) has been considered as the means of getting healthy. Bheṣajam (medicine) is chosen on the basis of physical, mental and sāra constituents, strength of the body and disease, etc. But, in the due course of time, the first three basics are ignored and nowadays, in the majority of the condition, the consideration of physical, mental and sāra constituents are not done at the time of prescribing medicine. The necessity of considering these constituents is described in brief in the Ayurveda classics. According to the principles of āyurveda, the drugs should be chosen in accordance with śārīrika prakṛti, mānasika prakṛti and sāra. And only the diagnosis of the disease, as per vikalpa saṁprapti and vidhi samprapti is not sufficient. The paper will detail the classical reasoning behind the assessment of choice of drugs according to these constitutions with proper clinical examples from the texts.

Keywords: Immemorial, Bhe?ajam, Physical and mental constituents.