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A REVIEW ARTICLE ON SANKRAMAK ROGA MENTIONED IN AYURVEDIC LITERATURE

*Prof. Dr. Kalpana K. Jadhav, Prof. Dr. Milind M. Godbole, Dr. Sanyogita Ganpat Phadatare

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Abstract

Prevention is the wise way to avoid incidence of diseases. In today’s era various amount of communicable diseases are seen to be in increasing amount, the prevalence rate has seen increasing while mortality rates are decreasing, communicable diseases still contribute significantly to the overall disease burden in the country. In Ayurveda Sankramaka roga has been explained which can correlate to communicable diseases which mainly occurs due to microorganism invasion. In literature of Ayurveda like Charak Samhita described concept of Janapadodhwansa (mass destruction) due to vitiated state of vayu, jal, doshas and dhatu, which resembles Pandemic of modern science. This article gives brief information about ayurvedic view on Sankramak Roga and their management.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Sankramaka roga, Janapadodhwansa, Aupsargik Roga, Agantuja vyadhi, Communicable diseases, Infectious diseases.