BENEFITS OF AYURVEDIC FORMULATIONS

BENEFITS OF AYURVEDIC FORMULATIONS

Published by Student of rajiv gandhi ayurvedic medical college ron 582201

Nowadays Ayurvedic medicines is widely practiced in modern India and are becoming popular day by day throughout the world as compared with allopathic medicines because it has no side effects. Ayurvedic treatment is non-invasive and non-toxic, so it can be used safely as an alternative therapy or along-side conventional therapies. There are number of plants, herbs present in nature which are useful in classical formulations.

According to the ancient Ayurvedic texts, the main goal of Ayurveda is prevention as well as promotion of the body's own healing capacity. Ayurveda mainly concentrates on the main cause of disease and cures it from root level. Ayurveda has been used to treat different disorders like acne, allergies, asthma, anxiety, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, colds, colitis, constipation, depression, diabetes, flu, heart disease, hypertension, immune problems, inflammation, insomnia, nervous disorders, obesity, skin problems, and ulcers.

TYPES OF CLASSICAL AYURVEDIC FORMULATIONS

1. ARK (DISTILLATION OF HERBS)

These are distillates of herbs, they are extremely light in nature and very easily assimilate in the system.

Examples - Gulab Ark, Ajwain Ark

2. ASAVA & ARISHTA (NATURAL FERMENTED LIQUID MEDICINES)

These are prepared in the form of herbal juices or their decoctions to undergo fermentation with the addition of sugar. There is a big difference between arishtas and asasvas. The arishtas are prepared by boiling of herbs in water while asavas are prepared by using fresh herbal juices.

Examples - Arjunarishta, Ashokarishta, Kumaryasava.

3. AVALEH (JAMS/PASTE LIKE PRODUCTS)

It is a semisolid preparation of herbs prepared with addition of Jaggery, juices or decoction.

Examples - Chyavanprash, Drakshavleh

4. BHASMA (PURIFIED CALCINATIONS)

Bhasma are very fine ayurvedic medicinal powders which are prepared by the process of calcination. The calcination is a process of heating metals, minerals, etc. on a high temperature to convert them to their oxides.

Examples - Abhraka bhasma, Godanti bhasma, swaran bhasma, Praval bhasma.

5. CHURNA (POWDERS)

These are generally raw herbs which are dried and finally powdered and then passed through different sieves to prepare fine powder and then mixed with other appropriate ingredients which are mentioned in ancient texts.

Examples - Lavan Bhaskar Churna, Sitopladi churna

6. GHRITA (MEDICATED CLARIFIED BUTTERS)

This process involves that cow's milk is churned to obtain butter, which is heated at a temperature to obtain ghee. This ghee is then processed with medicinal herbs to produce Ghrit.

Examples - Amrit ghrit, jatyadi ghrit, Brahmi ghrit

7. GUGGULU (RESINS)

These are tablets that contains Guggulu as the main ingredient.

Examples - Medohar Guggulu,Triphala guggulu, Yograj guggulu

8. KWATH/ KASHAYA (DECOCTIONS)

It is made from decoction of herbs by boiling herbs in water.

Examples - Drakshadi kwath, Caturbhadra kvatha

9. PAK (HERBAL GRANULES)

It is also paste like preparation but it is slightly thick then avaleh.

Examples - Musli Pak, Supari Pak

10. RAS RASAYAN (HERBAL MINERAL MEDICINES)

These are mineral based medicines which are purified under the different purification process (known as Sanskara, Shodhan) that removes harmful substances or impurities which may cause toxic effect or disease in body.

Examples - Swarna Soot Shekhar Ras, Vat vidhwansan Ras

11. TAILA (MEDICATED OILS)

These are medicated oil which are extracted from seeds of single herb and then are processed with other herbs to make medicated oils.

Examples - Anu taila, Balaguducyadi taila

12. VATI (TABLETS / PILLS)

These are prepared from one or more plants or minerals in the form of tablets.

Examples - Kutajghan vati, chanderprabha vati, Arogyavardhini vati