Abstract

REVIEW OF AYURVEDIC LITERATURE ON PANDU

Vijaymala Ramrao Bhosale* and Siddharth S. Parchure

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Abstract

The clinical condition of Pandu in Ayurveda can be co-related with anaemia, on described in conventional medicine, due to the resemblance in all the clinical signs and symptoms of both Pandu and anaemia. Anaemia is defined as the reduction of haemoglobin concentration below the range of values occurring in healthy persons. Pandu roga the word itself describe as the disease in which there is presence of altered skin color like yellowish white discoloration of skin. Pandu widely described in various vedas and ayurvedic texts as an independent disease or associated symptoms of other disease. In modern it can be closely related with iron deficiency anemia on the basis of symptoms and causative factors. In a recent estimate, about 8.8% of global population is affected includes all age groups. This article presents the Ayurvedic concept of Pandu Roga (Anaemia).

Keywords: Pandu, Vyadhi, Srotas, Anaemia, Pallor.