Abstract

ROLE OF DOOSHI VISHA IN EARLY AGEING W.S.R TO AGRICULTURAL POISONS

Dr. Preeti Chorotiya*, Dr. Anjana Dhakar, Dr. Sheela Darangi, Dr. Munesh Kumari, Dr. Chandan Singh and Dr. Manoj Adlakha

Abstract

We lived in twenty-first century where poisoning from pesticides became a global concern of public health. Knowingly or unknowingly people are exposed to several types of environmental toxin in day to day life. A study shows that approximately 20,000 people died every year in developing countries for having food laden with pesticide residues. In youngster, the mortality rate is higher. The pesticides and insecticides residues present in the food accumulates in the human body for long period without showing any instantaneous effects. When the accumulation of pesticide residues takes place for a long time, it causes the numerous kind of diseases like heart attack, stroke, cancer, skin allergies, early aging etc. In Ayurveda text above mentioned things (pesticides and insecticides) comes under Dooshi visha. Due to lesser quantity of pesticides, the potency of dooshi visha becomes low and because of avarit kapha it stays in the body for long period of time. Dooshi visha is a transformational state of visha and its Apaki quality neither get digested nor eliminated but remains in the body for many years. Dooshi visha vitiates the rasaadi dhatus and produce dhatu janya vikara. For the management of accumulated dooshi visha shodhana therapy like vamana, virechana along with Pippalyadi agad can be beneficial.

Keywords: dooshi visha, agricultural poison, ageing.