STANDARDISATION OF BINDU FOR PANCHAGAVYA GHRITA A PILOT STUDY
Divya S. Zala*, Adil Rais, Kalpana S. Patel, Anup B. Thakar and Nilesh N. Bhatt
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda is the rich storehouse of time-tested and effective recipe for
the treatment of diseases. Four major factors contributing to success or
failure in a treatment protocol are the Physician, drug, attendant and
the patient himself. Out of these Acharya Charaka has laid stress over
the fact that the Siddhi or success in treatment is largely based upon the
drug dosage and the timing of the drug used. Dosage of the drug
administered is a very important factor in any of the Panchakarma
procedures to produce optimum efficacy of the therapy. Nasya is one
of the important procedures in Panchakarma. Nasya karma is
considered to be the most specific procedures for diseases of the head
or the diseases of Urdhwajatrugata (supraclavicular region). Bindu is
the unit of measurement explained for the dose of Nasya. Bindu is not equal to drop as
mentioned in classics that it is the quantity of Drava that dribbles down when the first two
digits of index finger are dripped into it and taken out. So, in current attempt one pilot study
was conducted in 10 subjects before starting the clinical trial on Generalized Anxiety disorder
in which Panchagavya Ghrita was used for Nasya Karma in dose of 8 Bindu. Quantity of one
Bindu for Panchagavya Ghrita was 0.53ml.
Keywords: Bindu, Nasyakarma, Panchagavya Ghrita, Panchakarma.
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