Abstract

LITERARY STUDY OF MUTRASHMARI WITH AYURVEDIC AND MODERN VIEW

*Dr. Chandrakar Srishti, Dr. Diwan Rashmi and Dr. Sahu Jeevan Lal

Abstract

Now a days, several patients are reporting to the hospitals by regularly affecting with different Mutravaha Srotas disorders like burning micturation, renal stone diseases etc. Mutrashmari is one of the important diseases of Mutravaha Srotas. Mutrashmari is a very common disease which includes a complex physiochemical process that involves a series of events in formation of Ashmari i.e. stone. Description of Mutrashmari is available in almost all Samhita. In Ayurvedic literatures the types of Mutrashmari is based on the Lakshanas of Dosha and Ashma. In Ayurveda, both Shaman and Shodhana Chikitsa are described for the treatment of Mutrashmari. Among all the urinary problems described in Ayurvedic texts, there is one variety where both the medicinal and the surgical treatments are advised by all the Acharyas and this entity is the Mutrashmari. Furthermore renal calculus occurs in both the sexes at all the ages but commonly in the 3rd and 4th decades, stone in kidney or in ureter is probably little more frequent in men than women.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Mutravaha Srotas, Mutrashmari, Renal calculus.