AYURVEDIC PHARMACY

 

AYURVEDUC PHARMACY

 

       Ayurveda is known as the science of life and is based on the principle of "maintaining the health of a healthy person and relieving the patient from the disease condition". The object of Ayurveda is to counteract the imbalance of three essential elements i.e. Vaata, Pitta and Kapha (air, bile and phlegm respectively),which constitute the Toridosh from which the body originates. It is the Toridosh which regularises the normal working of the human body.

       According to hypothesis of Ayurveda, the entire universe is composed of five basic elements called PANCHMAHABHUTA and include space (akasha), air (vayu), energy (teja), liquid (jal) and solid (prithvi). The variable combinations of these principles make tridosha in human body. These are vaata, pitta and kapha.

Ayurveda

 



Vaata- It is concerned with the physical and mental activities which are activating and represents nervous system.

Pitta- It dominates nutritional and thermogenetic activities and also includes hormonal, digestive and metabolic systems.

Kapha- It is composed of solid and liquid and indicates various tissues and organs.

 

Ayurvedic profiles of Herbal Drugs (A few examples are given below):

1. NEEM-It is a bitter tonic and used as insecticide.
2. BRAHMI-used as brain tonic.
3. PALASH-It is an astringent and used for treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery.
4. KALLIJIRI-Anthelmintic, tonic, stomachic.
5. AMLA- used in Vitamin C deficiency. 
6. TULSI- expectorant, antiseptic.
7. OPIUM-narcotic.