CHARAKOKTA DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: A CRITICAL REVIEW
*Vd. Seema Ingole and Vd. Sumedha Pande
ABSTRACT
Charaka Samhita perhaps is one of major treatise in faculty of Kayachikitsa (internal medicine). It deals with aetiological factors, signs and symptoms of diseases and their treatment modalities. Though non-pharmacological interventions are abundantly mentioned in there, various drugs or ‘Bheshaja’ are explained in detail. The various types of Bheshaja have been described with numerous examples in this treatise. This review is an effort to compile and critically ancient drug development process in Charaka Samhita.
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