AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE TOWARDS PANDEMIC DISEASES W.S.R. TO CURRENT SCENARIO: A REVIEW
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Chouhan* and Prof. Sapna Malviya
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda is a science which can be applied for both preventive and curative aspects of various diseases. Since ancient time outbreaks, pandemics of Sankramak Roga (communicable diseases) were known to the Ayurvedic scholars. They coined the term Aupasargika Roga for epidemics, which indicates sudden, outbreaks of a particular disease in a local area. When this outbreak rapidly spreads to the other parts of the country it is termed as Janapadodhvansa Roga (Pandemics). Increasing population, change in environment, increased prevalence of drug resistant in microbes and poverty has increased cases of Sankramak Roga in 19th and 20th century. HIV, Swine-flu, Ebola virus outbreak and recently world is facing Covid-19 threat. According to Ayurveda Janapadodhvansa can be managed through preventive and curative approaches of Ayurveda like; Shodhana and Rasayana.
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