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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CALCIUM COMPOUND IN AYURVEDIC SAMHITA & RASASHASTRA LITERATURE-A REVIEW

Dr. Vinod Kumar Tiwari*, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey and Dr. Parwez Ahmad Ansari

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Abstract

Calcium is the most abundant element in human body. which play a significant role in human physiology so calcium requirment can be met through external source using aahar or ausadhi. various ayurvedic compound which are among the sudha varga or shukla varga are rich sources of calcium. A number of calcium compound are found scatterd under different context in the literature of samhita such as charaka samhita, susrut samhita, astang samgraha, astang hridayam, rasa shastra. In charaka samhita and susrut samhita sudha (lime) has been included under “parthiva dravyas”. In susrut samhita various calcium compound such as sankha sankhanka sukti sambuka bhalluka and like such other are kosasth animals living in shell catagerize under “kosastha varga”.[1] in rasa-sashastra grantha, rasaratnakara and rasarnava have enumerated in “shukla varga”. Rasamritam has included these drugs under “sudha vijnaneeyam” based on chemical composition. in rasa sashtra grantha literature calcium compound used as dravak, churna, lepa, pisti, anjana, bhasma, rasa, pottali, to cure various specific disease by external application and internal administration, in both condition therapeutic importance of calcium supplements in calcium deficiency to inhance normal growth and developments and it is also prescribed in disease like jwar, kasa, parinamashula, swasa, hridroga, amlapitta, grahni, pradar, netraroga, karnshul, balaroga, urahkshat.

Keywords: compound, sudhavarga, samhitas, rasa shastra.