Abstract

NATURAL REMEDY TO TREAT ILL EFFECTS OF RASA DRAVYASA CLASSICAL REVIEW

*Dr. Ranjita Kar, Dr. Abhaya Kumar Mishra, Dr. Pallabi Mahanta, Dr. Dipti Rekha Dash and Dr. Pradip Kumar Panda

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Abstract

In Ayurveda, Rasashastra is the discipline which concerns mostly with Rasa (Mercury), Rasa Dravyas (metals and minerals), Visa Dravyas etc. After the period of Nagarjuna, its utility got more advanced with lots of pharmaceutical processes for these Rasa Dravyas by using different techniques, so that safe formulations can be designed and rendered fit for internal administration. Before selecting these formulations one must have adequate knowledge about its ingredients that may be either mercury or any Rasa Dravyas that are highly toxins for our body and may produce deleterious effects in body if proper pharmaceutical steps are not followed for individual Dravyas. When ill effects are produced in body due to improper use of these Rasa Dravyas how it can be managed by using natural drugs that may be either in the form of herbs or cow derived products are clearly revealed by our Acharyas in classical texts. Thus this article pays emphasis on ill effects which are caused due to improper utilization of Rasa Dravyas and the natural drugs that are used for management of these ill effects with their Ayurvedic as well as modern phytochemical properties.

Keywords: Rasa Dravyas, Ill effects, Pharmaceutical procedures.