ROLE OF AGADA IN DRUG DEPENDENCY - A ARTICLE REVIEW
Dr. Jitendra Kumar* and Dr. Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma
ABSTRACT
A person gets dependent on medicines due to diseases and consume it every day, then it is called as Drug Dependency. It is of two types- Psychological and physical. Psychological drug dependency arises mentally and in physical the amount of drugs increases continuously and adverse effects arise in the body. Drug dependency escribes hypertension, diabetes and chronic RA diseases in which amlodipine is used extensively in hypertension. Vatsanabh and Sarpagandha are used in the form of Agada. In diabetes, metformin is used according to modernity and the use of Bhallatak in the form of Agad is beneficial. The use of steroid in RA has been going on for a long time which has a very harmful effect on the body. According to Ayurveda, Chitraka, Erenda, Vatsanabh and dushivishari agad are used in Rheumatoid arthritis which are very helpful in digestion, due to which the digestion of ama cures the disease completely. According Ayurvedic literature hypertension, diabetes and chronic Rheumatoid arthritis considered to be Yapya vyadhis. Thus, Yapya vyadhi can be cured by the use of these yogas. And there will be no toxic effects on the body.
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