Abstract

A REVIEW ON THE THERAPEUTIC ROLE OF VADAM TAILA THROUGH NASYA (PRUNUS AMYGDALUS BATSCH) IN AVABAHUKA AS A SINGLE DRUG

Joydip Tripathi*, Sonal Bhola and Rishi Vashishth

Abstract

The concept of using only one herb for the purpose of treatment of diseases or as health supplements is very rapidly spreading all over the world. Ayurveda takes into account the action of drug in it‟s entirely. It holds that the action of the whole drug is often different from that anyone of its constituents considered separately. And is using single drug as primary aspect of treatment in different forms to increase the efficacy of the medicines according to the feasibility of the patient i.e. according to patient‟s agni, bala, dosha-dushya status, disease status etc. Now- a- days single drug therapies are preferred because:- the nonavailability of reliable & standardised drugs, their high cost & ambiguity in the identity of the ingredients used are few of the major problems encountered today in the utilisation of compound drugs in Ayurveda. There is, thus an urgent need to re-emphasize the use of single plant drug formulations recorded in the classical texts.

Keywords: Ayurveda, single drug, vadam taila, avabahuka, etc.