Abstract

INTRODUCTION TO TWAKA SHARIR ACORDING TO AYURVEDA - A REVIEW

*Dr. Suvarna Suhas Khangar

Abstract

In Samhitas Twak/Twacha is described as outermost protective layer of body as well as largest sensory organ of body. Acharya Sushrut and Acharya Charak very minutely described its layers according to their functions and also diseases which are related to those layers. Modern health science described skin in detail according to division of cell. In this literary research comparative study of twacha/skin is done as per Ayurveda and Modern health science.The main aim of Ayurveda is to maintain health in healthy person and provides optimum treatment to diseased person. Many people think that Ayurveda works late but the answer for this is no, because complete elimination of root cause of disorder help in relieving long-term relief. If senses Skin is the largest and first site visible organ of body which acquires 1.5-2 square meter surface area of the our body.If we want to see the health of the individual than by darshan pariksha we can see and tell the exact reason behind unhealthy individual. Among sensory organs Twacha is considered under “Pancha gyanendriya Adhisthana.” By seeing twacha we can tell the root cause of the diseased and it can be a diagnostic tool which is quite useful in diagnosis and treatment of many typical diseases too. In Ayurveda we can see the counter part of different views regarding twacha and its sara too. So today it is necessary to clarify the vision of different Acharyas. Therefore an attempt has made to recollect all the concepts behind the twacha and its saarta in terms of diagnostic tool and management through the same.[1]

Keywords: Twacha, Gyanindriya, Ayurveda.