Management of Amlapitta: A literature review
Department of Kayachikitsa, M. A. M.’s Sumatibhai Shah Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Malwadi, Hadapsar, Pune- 411028, Maharashtra, India.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(03), 1072-1077
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.3.1432
Publication history:
Received on 15 November 2022; revised on 28 December 2022; accepted on 30 December 2022
Abstract:
Ayurveda is one among the oldest health science. Nowadays due to faulty life style, dietpattern mental stress and strain healthy status of human being is in declining. Due tochanging life style, there is tremendous increase in disorder related to mahasrotas(gastrointestinal tract). Amlapitta is a major disease of mahasrotas. Amlapitta is pittapredominance disease which is realated to Annavaha srotas &Purishvaha Srotas occurs dueto mandagni and ama. When Amla guna of pitta is increased is called Amlapitta. Variousacharyas has explained amlapitta as separate disorders but Samprapti of Amlapitta is clearlymentioned in Grahani chikitsadhyay while describing samprapti of Grahani Dosha. The basicprincipleoftreatment are mainly nidanaparivarjana, shodhana, and shamanachikitsa. Vamana and Virechana are mentioned for urdhva gati and adho gati of doshas. In modern science it can b ecorrelated with Gastritis.
Keywords:
Amlapitta; Nidaanparivarjan; Shodhana; Shamana; Gastritis
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