Open AccessHERBAL MONOTHERAPY OF SIDHASARASAMHITA
Author(s) -
K Nishteswar,
Vidhya Unnikrishnan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of critical reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2394-5125
DOI - 10.22159/jcr.2016v3i4.11216
Subject(s) - materia medica , traditional medicine , medicine , subject (documents) , subject matter , medical literature , alternative medicine , ayurvedic medicine , psychology , computer science , library science , pathology , pedagogy , curriculum
Sidhasarasamhita is one of the important texts of Indian traditional medical literature. The exact period of the work is unknown, but according to the available evidence the work may be placed in the 8th century AD. Ravigupta’s distinctive contribution to Ayurvedic literature seems to have been the arrangement of the traditional knowledge into 31 chapters, each dealing with a different subject. The author of sidhasarasamhita included many single and simple recipes useful in particular disease conditions. In total 151 single drug recipes are included in Sidhasarasamhita. After a thorough analysis of the Charakasamhita, Susruthasamhita and works of Vaghbata 16 recipes were noted, which may be considered as the contributions of Ravigupta to the Ayurvedic materia medica. It appears that medieval ayurvedic compendia have religiously followed Sidhasarasamhita in formulating various therapeutic recipes.