Siddhantik Vivechhan of Amlapitta – A Review

Abstract

Ayurveda is one among the oldest health science. Nowadays due to faulty life style,  diet pattern mental stress and strain healthy status of human being is in declining.  Due to changing life style, there is tremendous increase in disorder related to  mahasrotas (gastrointestinal tract). Amlapitta is one of the major diseases which  occur in mahasrotas. Amlapitta is pitta predominance disease which is related to  Annavaha srotas & Purishvaha Srotas occurs due to mandagni and ama. When  Amla guna of pitta is increased is called Amlapitta. Various acharyas has explained  amlapitta as separate disorders but Samprapti of Amlapitta is clearly mentioned in  Grahani chikitsadhyay 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.