Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON VRUSHADI VISHAHARA GHRUTA IN AGAD TANTRA

*Dr. Saraswathi C.

Abstract

Vrushadi agad is used as an antidot in agad tantra. This has many benefits in terms of gara and dooshi visha. Visha causes concern to all living beingd by making organism grievously ill, its functioning & leading to death in certain cases. It creates depression and sorrow in body & mind. Gara visha literally means the substance which is easily taken orally & function as poison in the body. Acharya Sushruta and Acharya Vagbhata explained it as the poison which is formulated by the combination of virussha Aushadhi, bhasma, waste products of human beings & low potency toxic formulations which when administered kills the person slowly and may produce many diseases. Dushi visha literally means flawed, spoiled, damaged, defective, or ruined poison. The term dushi visha is a made up of different words Dushi which means denatured, attenuated, latent, vitiated. Visha means poison. Thus, Dushi visha means denatured poison or attenuated poison. Attenuated or dentured poisons function as latent toxin in the body. In day today life we can see so many cases of liver toxicity and fatty liver which is indirect effect of gara and dooshi visha. Vrushadi agad help in giving benefits in terms of toxicity. Hence an attempt has made to recollect information of Vrushadi agad.[1]

Keywords: Toxicity, Liver, Dooshi visha, Gara Visha.