Conceptual Study of Shodhana and Shamana Chikitsa: DOI: https://doi.org/10.47223/IRJAY.2023.6111

Sakshi  Awasthi; Satish  Gandharve; Rajesh  Sood; Sonia  Sharma

doi:10.47223/IRJAY.2023.6111

Authors

Sakshi Awasthi P.G. Final Year, Department of Samhita and Siddhant, Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-5248
Satish Gandharve Reader, Department of Samhita and Siddhanta, Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Rajesh Sood Professor, Department of Samhita and Siddhanta, Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Sonia Sharma Sr. Lecturer, Department of Samhita and Siddhanta, Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47223/IRJAY.2023.6111

Keywords:

Shodhana, Shamana, Chikitsa

Abstract

Ayurveda's primary goal is to prevent and cure various diseases. Concept of Chikitsa (Treatment) in Ayurveda has been extensively well defined, divided into three main aspects on Shodhana (Purification Therapy), Shamana(Pacification Therapy) and Nidana Parivarjana(Avoiding causative factors). Panchakarma therapy of Ayurveda has caught the attention of people all over the world since
it is a unique type of treatment for various chronic, auto immunological, hormonal, and degenerative problems, among others, where other types of treatments have failed. Acharya Charaka emphasized the importance of Panchakarma therapy by noting that the ailment healed by Shodhana will never recur, however the disease treated by Shamana therapy may resurface in the future. Here, in this article an attempt has been made to analyse the concept of Shodhana and Shamana Chikitsa as mentioned in classical texts of Ayurveda.