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.
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