Abstract

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF AVASTHIKI CHIKITSA IN VATARAKTA

Pradnya Patil* and Sudhir Koli

ABSTRACT

The wide description available about vatarakta in all classics itselfsuggests its prevalence since ancient period. The disease initiated bythe vitiated vata and rakta is vatarakta. This literature can be very wellcorrelated with gout, connective tissue disorders, peripheral vasculardiseases etc in contemporary science. Every Ayurvedic scholar hasdescribed Uttana and gambhira vatarakta as the basic two categoriesbased on its presentation. Acharya Sharangdhara enlightens eight typesconsidering its doshika predominance. To understand itspathophysiology there exists two types of vatarakta namelysantarpanjanya and apatarpanajanya. Santarpanajanya vataraktamanifests by excessive kaphakara nidana sevan increasing kapha andmeda obstructing vatagati and hampered rasa rakta circulation. By itsown etiological factors vata and rakta gets vitiated and obstructs thepath of each other producing apatarpanajanya vatarakta. Treatmentshould be planned based on doshika dominancy, sama-niramavastha, santarpanjanya orapatarpanajanya samprapti and avagadha-anavagadhaawastha. In niramawastha orvaatadhikya or apatarpanaawastha, the vaatpradhana vatarakta chikitsa has to be adopted. Insantarpanjnya and avarana type of pathology main aim is to reduce the magarvarodha, toreduce meda and to clear obstructed srotas.

Keywords: Awasthiki chikitsa, Vatarakta.