Abstract

A CRITICAL STUDY ON TAMAKA SHWASA (BRONCHIAL ASTHMA) AS AN AYURVEDIC CORELATION

Dr. Mohar* and Dr. Ritu Jyani

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Abstract

Tamaka Shwasa is a term which includes many more diseases such as dyspnoea is predominant symptom. But still we can correlate Bronchial Asthma to Tamaka Shwasa, because out of the remaining four, three are incurable and the fourth one is Kshudra Shwasa developed due excessive labor with taking excessive Shuksh Ahara and which is easily curable. In early onset it is easily to curable but in chronic cases it is difficult to treat. In Ayurveda the word Shwasa define its meaning as an independent disease as well as symptom and complication of other disease. There are the episodes of disease, so that the life of the patient is endangered. Acharya Charaka described that Tamak Shwasa is Yappya type of disease in which patient has to depend upon medicines for the relief. Different concept of treatment of Tamak Shwasa has been highlighted by Acharya Charak. Every Ayurvedic physician must have the detail knowledge of Tamak Shwasa to decide different aspect of Chikitsa as well as prognosis of the disease.

Keywords: Tamak Shvasa, Yappya, Peenasa, Kasa, Shvasa Krichhata, Anidra, Ghur-Ghurk Shabda, Kashten Shelshma Mokshata.