APPLIED ASPECT AND SCOPE OF ANUMĀNA PARIKṢĀ/PRAMĀṆA W.S.R. TO

AGNI PARIKṢĀ AND MANAGEMENT OF AGNIMĀNDYA

ScholarDevang Khodidas Vala

 Guide

Dr. Mahesh VyasAssociate Professor

  Co-Guide Co-GuideProf. R. R. Dwivedi Dr. Hitesh Vyas

Head of the Department Assistant Professor

Department of Basic PrinciplesI.P.G.T. & R.A.

G.A.U., Jamnagar.

INTRODUCTION• Parikṣā is important in each and every field of

knowledge. In other words parikṣā is necessary for achieving and assessing as well as verification of the knowledge. In ayurvedic classics several types of parikṣā are mentioned like pratyakṣa, Anumāna, āptopadeśa etc..

• Knowledge of the indirect objects can be had other than Pratyakṣa Pramāṇa. Among those Pramāṇas, Anumāna stands in the first place.

CONT..• As acarya caraka quoted the importance of agni that its

proper maintenance helps to live long life and impairment gives rise to diseases. So one cannot ignore which itself explain its importance. As regarding the Anumāna and agni, Only one work had been done on Anumāna pramana and nobody had correlated agni jaranashaktya so to highlight the importance of agnibala by Anumāna parikṣā this topic has been selected.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES1. To explain and explore the applicability of

Anumāna as parikṣā in Ayurvedic classics along with elaboration on its wide scope in present era.

2. To apply the concept of Anumāna in the assessment of Agnibala.

3. To evaluate and assess the role of Anumāna in the management of Agnimāndya.

HYPOTHESIS

“Whether Anumāna Parikṣā is sufficient enough to diagnose the Agnibala?”

MATERIALS & METHODS

The study will be carried out in two phases

1. CONCEPTUAL STUDY

2. APPLIED STUDY

CONCEPTUAL STUDY

For this, available literary materials in Ayurvedic classics and other allied literatures of philosophy will be collected, interpreted and analyzed.

Available texts and journals will also be reviewed and referred.

APPLIED STUDYFor the applied aspect of the study, materials will be patients, drug and the research plan which is specified as below

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria Drugs and posology Criteria for assessment Investigations

PLAN OF STUDY

A special research pro forma will be prepared for the diagnosis and assessment of the patients

Study Design: Open clinical study

CRITERIA FOR SELECTIONFor the present study, patients suffering from Agnimāndya will be selected from O.P.D. & I.P.D. of I.P.G.T. & R.A., Jamnagar

Patients having age between 20 to 60 years

Patients having the sign and symptoms of Agnimāndya as per classics.

SIGN AND SYMPTOMS• Avipāka• Vāta-Varca-Apravartana • Aňgamarda/Gātrasādana • Daurbalya • Vaivarņya • Śiro-Gaurava• Bhrama • Asukha Karmatā• Pakvāśaya Śūla• Pińdikodveştana

• Sakaşta Jaraņa• Udara Gaurava • Kşudhānāśa • Arocaka• Praseka• Mukhaśoşa • Mukha Durgańdha• Mukha Picchilatā • Ādhamāna • Āntrakuņjana

EXCLUSION CRITERIA

Patients suffering from any other systemic disease which intervenes with the treatment

Patients having any established pathology of Mahāstrotas

Patients in which Harītakī , śuṇṭhī and saindhava lavana are contraindicated

Pregnancy

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT

Clinical subsidence in the symptoms of Agnimāndya

Improvement in the associated symptoms will be assessed by scoring and gradation pattern

Statistical tools such as paired ‘t’ test and other statistical tests will be applied as per need.

DRUGS AND POSOLOGY

Drug Harītakyādiyoga (Harītakī , śuṇṭhī and saindhava sambhag)

Dose 2 gram (B.D.)

Kalpanā curṇaAnupāna Lukewarm waterKala Samāna Kāla

(between each meal, twice a day)Duration 7 days

हरीतकी तथा शुण्ठी भक्ष्यमाणा गुडेन च | सैन्धवेन युता वा स्यात् सातत्येन अग्नि!नदीपनी |(भै. र.

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DRUGS AND POSOLOGY

No Scientific Name Part Used Matra

1 Terminalia chebula Retz. Fruit 1 part

2 Zingiber officinale Rosc. Rhizome 1 part

3 Rock Salt Mineral 1 part

NAME HARITAKI SUNTHI SAINDHAVARASA Pancha-rasa

(Lavana Varjita) Kasaya pradhana

Katu Lavana, Madhura

GUNA LaghuRuksha

LaghuSnigdha

LaghuSnigdha Tikshna Sukshma

VIRYA Ushna Ushna SheetaVIPAKA Madhura Madhura MadhuraDOSHGHNATA Tridoshhara KaphaVata

ShamakaTridoshahara

KARMA DeepanaPachana Rasayana, Srotovibandhahara, Krimighna

Deepana, Pachana, Shvasahara

KaphavilayanaChedana

LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS

Blood : Complete haemogram with ESR

Other investigations if required will be carried out as per the need.

OTHER DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION

Pathology Lab. Biochemistry Lab. Pharmacology Lab. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab. Pharmacy of G.A.U. Research Lab. Of Basic Principles Dept.

The study will be completed in the stipulated time limit and allotted budget.

DECLARATION

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