A critical review and analysis of Amlapitta from Samhitas

Abstract

Amlapitta is very common disease in present era. Amlapitta is a life-style related  disease prevalent all over the world. Amlapitta is disorder caused by habitat,  irregular diet schedule and acivities but also as a result of Psychological and  physiological observation. As the life is becoming very fast and the rate of  urbanisation is growing. Pitta has been vitiated uses food and drink that are  incompatible, spoiled, and very sour and that is capable of causing vitiation of  pitta and increase drava and amlaguna of pitta. Aacharya Kashyapa has  mentioned as the involvement of three Doshas in Amlapitta while Madhavkara has mentioned that the pitta is dominant in this disease. Aacharya Charaka has  not mentioned Amlapitta as a separate disease but as a symptom. Aacharya  Charak has described amlapitta in Granhi (intermittent loose motions followed  by constipation) as one of its Lakshana (symptom). Various acharyas has  explained amlapitta in different way with all nidan panchak of this disease but  Samprapti of Amlapitta is clearly mentioned in Grahani chikitsa adhyay while  describing samprapti of Grahani Dosha. The basic principle of treatment is  mainly nidana parivarjana, shodhana, and shamana chikitsa. Vamana and  Virechana are mentioned for urdhva gati and adho gati of doshas along with  pathaya- pathaya of amalpitta.