Abstract

LITERARY REVIEW ON ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF SHLEEPAD WITH REFERANCE TO ELEPHANTIASIS

Dr. Nilam P. Rathod*, Dr. Ketki Aurangbadkar and Dr. Sachin Deva

Abstract

Ayurveda, the holistic science which deals with the states of life which includes both preventive and curative aspects of human being. There are many conditions which affects the healthy condition, among them an unhygienic and unclean domain is also responsible for it. In current era, industrialization, and urbanization, stagnant water etc. are one of the major cause for it. These are responsible for the manifestation of contagious disease. One such a group of disease includes filariasis and elephantiasis. Ayurvedahas described it under the “shleepada”. The following article “Discerning shleepada sampraprti with special reference to elephantiasis is reviewed through Ayurveda classis as well as modern medical science in the causation and the genesis of the roga shleepada with reference to elephantiasis.

Keywords: Ayurveda, the holistic science which shleepada with reference to elephantiasis.