Abstract

A REVIEW ON HIMA KALPANA- LEAST EXPLORED PANCHAVIDHA KALPANA W.S.R. TO SARANGADHARA SAMHITA.

Dr. Dubey Somil*

Abstract

Ayurveda is a life science which explains about the different dosage forms. Dosage forms vary from person to person and from disease to disease. In Ayurveda there are five basic kalpanas (pharmaceutical formulations) mentioned in Ayurveda pharmaceutics i.e. Swarasa (juice), kalka (paste of plant parts), kwatha (decoction), hima (cold infusions), phanta (hot infusions) called as Panchavidha kashaya kalpanas. Acharya Sarangadhara in his treatise Sarangadhara samhita has explained Hima kalpana (cold infusions) broadly with different examples in Madhyama khanda, where he has elaborated its method of preparation and has given number of examples according to the diseases. Based on the yogas (formulations) given by acharya Sarangadhara this kalpana can be used in day to day clinical practice without much complications. An attempt is made here to shed light on this rarely used kalpana by taking Sarangadhara samhita as standard.

Keywords: Panchavidha kashaya kalpanas, Sarangadhara samhita, Hima kalpana.