ROLE OF UNDERSTANDING AVASTHAANURUPA PANCHAKARMA CHIKITSA IN CLINICAL PRACTICE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JWARA

Abstract

Vaidya might go a miss in clinical practice due to improper selection of panchakarma therapies. As a result practicing Ayurve dic fraternity is facing a huge difference between the scenario Shastr a speaks of and the current scenario around us. This may be due to the difference in the method of study, teaching, research and practice. Understanding shastra plays a vital role in vaidya’s life e.g. A Vaidya with good intellect but without sound knowled ge of the Shastra cannot perform proper chikitsa. Similarly, Chikitsa performed by a Vaidya with sound knowledge of Shastra b ut without good intellect might fail to be a honed physic ian. Hence a vaidya who possess all the significant abilities understandin g basic principles in clinical practice will emerge as a skill ful l practitioner. The presentation provides a better picture for developing guidelines based on classical references for identifying vyadhi avastha, as it is rightly mentioned by Acharya chara ka “rogam aadou pareeksheta tato anantaram aoushadham” and thus accordingly selection of avasthanurupa panchakarma therapies in Jwara. Hence an effort is made to know how and when to select which particular panchakarma procedure, through the methods of dia gnosing diseases in classical Ayurvedic practice by providing guidelines, applying Ayurvedic classical parameters, dimensions, requisites, targets; values etc. The presentation mainly focus on, proper way of selecting the vyadhi avasthaanurupa panchakar ma chikitsa with an example of Jwara, which will positively reflect to the clinical practice of a vaidya. Hence an attempt is made to understand concepts as per classics on basis of Avastha.