Abstract

ROLE OF SHWASAHARA MAHAKASHAYA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TAMAKA SHWASA WITH RESPECT TO BRONCHIAL ASTHMAA REVIEW ARTICLE

Dr. Priyanka Kurde*, Dr. Geeta Jadhav and Dr. D. V. Kulkarni

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Abstract

Respiration is the important event of life which is carried out by prana vayu. Ayurvedic texts have mentioned tamaka shwasa under the various types of shwasa roga. Tamaka shwasa is considered as yapya because this is not only difficult to treat but also has a repetitive nature. We can correlate bronchial asthma to tamaka shwasa, because out of five, three are incurable and fourth one is kshudra shwasa due to excessive exercise or consumption of ruksha Ahara and which is easily curable by taking rest. Bronchial asthma is a heterogenous group of condition which affect people worldwide, from infancy to old age. It is clinical syndrome characterised by recurrent cough/ paroxysmal dyspnoea, chest tightness and wheeze due to increased resistance to air flow through the narrowed bronchi. Ayurveda considered shwasaroga as a disease of pranavaha, udakavaha, annavaha srotasa and therefore chikitsa explained as shodhana & shamana yoga. Shwashara dashemani is one of such combination used as shamana yoga for tamaka shwasa. This study explained the shwasahara properties of the combination and individual drugs.

Keywords: Tamaka shwasa, Bronchial asthma, Shamana chikitsa, Shwasahara dashemani.