Abstract

Dr. Anurag Tripathi* and Dr. Ramesh kumar Gautam

ABSTRACT

Diarrhoea is one of the common diseases among the developing countries and second common cause of death in children worldwide. According to WHO, diarrhoea was estimated to have caused 1.1 million deaths in people of age 5 year or more and 1.5 million deaths under the age of 5 years. Diarrhoea is defined as a change in consistency and frequency of stool i.e. liquid or watery stools that occur more than 3 times a day.[1] Atisara (diarrhoea) is a passably widespread disease in today era, due to irregular and harmful practices related to ahara and vihara, which cause sarira and manavaigunyata (physical and psychological involvement). Although atisara (diarrhoea) rarely constitute a hazard to human health, it can persist and be quite painful. Atisara (diarrhoea) is becoming more familiar every day due to influence of western eating habits, bad nutrition practises and mental stress. Here, we dissertate Nidana Panchaka with Samprapti of Atisara (diarrhoea) as mentioned in Ayurvedic literature. Understanding the Nidana Panchaka and the samprapti in-depth allows for making appropriate management of pathya -apathya[Diet] for preventive measures of Atisara.