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Ayurveda, Botanicals, Pandemic, Syndrome X
Authors: Saroch Vikas, Amandeep
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Despite decades of dramatic progress in their treatment and prevention, infectious diseases
remain a major cause of death and debility and are responsible for worsening the living
conditions of many millions of people around the world. In spite of lot of advances in the field of
microbiology, we are unable to answer challenges mentioned above. Hence, an effort has been
made to compile the management strategies of Ayurveda to find answers for the above problems.
Compilation of management strategies depicted in Charaka Samhita, Harita Samhita, Bhela
Samhita and Bhaisajyaratnavali helps the researchers to plan study design and to find a solution
for microbial management challenges. Extensive search of texts Charaka Samhita, Harita
Samhita, Bhela Samhita and Bhaisajyaratnavali was done by the author while composing a book
entitled Kala-azar in Ayurveda and the materials were segregated, consolidated and edited from
that book. Charaka mentioned twenty varieties of krimi along with their management and they
are broadly grouped under external (ectoparasite) and internal (endoparasite). Each krimi is
described in respect to etiology, habitat, form, shape, color, type, clinical features and treatment.
Many eliminative and alleviative therapies are described in Charaka Samhita for the effective
management of krimi. Krimighna mahakasaya (aksiva, marica (piper nigrum), gandir, kebuka
(costus specious), vidanga (embelia ribes), sindhuvara (vitex nigundo), kinahi (albizzia lebbeck),
goksura (tribulus terrestries), vrsaparnika, musakarni (merremia emerginata), jambir, rasona,
camel‟s milk, butter milk, yavaksara, etc. are useful in eradicating krimi. Embelia ribes acts as
ascaricidal, anthelmintic, carminative, diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and
febrifuge. With the advent of antimicrobial agents, some medical leaders believed that infectious
diseases would soon be eliminated and become of historic interest only. Nevertheless, we now realize that as we developed antimicrobial agents, microbes developed the ability to elude our
best weapons and to counterattack with new survival strategies