World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS AND IMMUNOMODULATION IN AYURVEDA WITH HELP OF RASAYANA AS IMMUNOMODULATOR

Vd. Sandeep K. Patel* and Vd. Sunil B. Patil

ABSTRACT

Immunology, today is one of the fastest growing topics in Medicine and Biology. Its significance has grown more, because of the growing significance of immune strength and resistance against different diseases. It is found that spicy-food, fermented food, bakery products, alcohol consumption is increasing and on the other hand hard work becoming sedentary, but mentally stressful. Unhealthy competition and unnatural high aims increasing tension in life. This has resulted the emergence of a wide range of immunological diseases. It is interesting to observe that, the ancient Ayurvedic texts show a clear description of the foundations of immunology thousands of years Ago. Ayurveda describes the ojas which is the essence of all the seven dhatus of the body and is responsible for the immune strength of an individual, classically known as Oja-Bala and Vyadhikshamatva which refers to natural and acquired immunity. There are clear descriptions available in Samhita’s about the three broad categories of immune disorders, namely Oja-vyapat, Oja-visramsa, and Oja-kshaya. The texts describe Rasayana Tantra which is one of the eight branches of Ashtanga Ayurveda. The present review article critically examines the available literatures to evaluate the ancient concepts of early Ayurvedic Immunology in the light of recent developments.

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