A REVIEW ARTICLE ON FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF TWACHA
Dr. Madhu Kumari Dhakad*, Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sharma, Dr. Purushottam Das Sharma and Dr. Dinesh Kumar Sharma and Dr. Deepa
ABSTRACT
In Ayurveda, the "Science of Life", Acharya Sushruta mentions 5 sense organs, called Gyanendriyas. Sparshanendriya is one of them, with Twacha as its Adhishthana (skin). As we know, skin is the most important sensory organ. Skin is the largest sense organ of our body and we sense touch, pain, pressure, temperature and more. It is also called "The First Line of Defence". Acharya Sushrut and Acharya Charak have described in detail that different layers of skin have different functions and different diseases are associated with these layers. Modern health science has described the skin in detail according to different cell types. This article explores etymology, synonyms, Utpatti, Rachana of layers of Twacha. Twacha is described as Rogamarga in Ayurvedic as well as in modern perspective. Twacha (Skin) is a topic of profound research because there are mysterious and varied disorders that are rising in relation to Twacha these days. Therefore, Twacha is useful for diagnostic, prognosis and therapeutic purposes.
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