Abstract

A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW ON RASADRAVYA AKIKA (AGATE) – AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE

Jyotiba P Patil*, M. B. Rudrapuri and Saranya Sasi

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Abstract

Rasashastra is a part of Ayurveda which mainly deals with Uparasas Maharasas and Ratnoparatnas. Akika grouped under the Uparatna varga and sikta varga. There was no references were found for akika in vedas and samhitas, but it is recorded as being used at the time of sindhu civilization because it has been unearthed in Harappa Mohenjodaro.[1] Along with akika various other dravyas like rajavarta souviranjana, hingula, spatika etc were found at the time. It is having properties like sheeta (cold), hridya (cardio protective) and hridya prabhava[2] (special action) the bhasma of Akika and pishti are indicated in palpitation and cardiac related diseases and in the field of Ayurveda practice it is a leading remedies for the same Hence the present article aims to review regarding origin, purification, marana and pishtikarana of Akika from Ayurveda literary. Akika is used in several diseases like hridya rogas, vatapitta vikara, unmade, raktapradara, urakshata etc.

Keywords: Akika, Ayurveda, Bhasma, Pisti.