Abstract

ACCENTUATION OF DHUMA - A BENISON IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

*Dr. Shwetha M. BAMS, (MD) Ayu., Dr. Usha Rao BAMS, (MD) Ayu. and Dr. Sangeeta Rao, MD (Ayu)

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Abstract

Dhumapana is an age old concept where we can route back its history to vedic period. In the present clinical practice we see that dhumapana is restricted to paschat karma of Vamana and nasya. But, if we look into our classics we see extensive amount of references where dhumapana, Dhumanasya and dhupana are used in various disease conditions as well as supportive treatment in many emergency conditions. Drugs administered through the in the form of inhalation have high rate of absorption and they are not deteriorated by the gastric atmosphere and do not come across first pass metabolism. Dhumapana is not only explained as treatment modality but also considered as a part of Dinacharya. So through this paper an attempt is made to display different methods of preparation of Dhuma varthis and different instruments that can be used for the convenient administration of Dhumapana in day to day clinical practice.

Keywords: Dhumapana, Dhumanasya, Hukkapot, Malla samputa, Rajayakshma.