CRITICAL REVIEW OF ASMARIHARA DRAVYA IN BHAVAPRAKASH NIGHANTU WITH REFERENCE TO UROLITHIASIS
Dr. Devraj K.C.*, Dr. Anuradha K. N. and Dr. Prakash L. Hegde
ABSTRACT
Asmari (Urolithiasis) is a very common worldwide problem, troubling mankind since ages and is one of the major reasons of abdominal pain in these days. The therapies available in different systems of medicine are not able to prevent its pathogenesis, even the surgical methods available for the management of calculi like extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, cystolithotomy etc, also fail to prevent the recurrences and have even got many side effects such as sepsis, strictures, So, the recurrences even after removal of the calculi is becoming a great problem and efforts are being made constantly to find out an effective treatment of urolithiasis as well as prevention of its recurrence. Hence, alternative treatment modalities have gained importance. A number of Ayurvedic single medicinal herbs or formulations have been used since past for managing disorders including urinary stones. They have been claimed to have litholytic and litho preventive properties. The main aim of this review paper is to collect the information of mutrasmarihara drug mentioned in Bhavaprakasha nighantu and their critical analysis and validation with recent researches.
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