Open AccessPalliative Care of Auto Immune Diseases through Ayurveda with Special Emphasis on Rasaushadhi
Author(s) -
Dhanashree Ghotkar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.38348
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , disease , alternative medicine , traditional medicine , health care , intensive care medicine , nursing , political science , pathology , law
Abstract: With the growing economy and increasing challenges of day to day life, the chances of getting ill with serious diseases are increasing and had become very common. One of the group of diseases is the auto immune diseases. According to modern medicines an auto immune disease is supposed not to be cure completely whereas it can just be controlled for progression. Therefore, palliative care concept has got much importance in the treatment ailments. Ayurveda now experiencing its golden days due to the increasing awareness with in people for their health issues. Now people are choosing Ayurveda for their chronic conditions which were told to be impossible to cure by health professionals. There is one special branch in Ayurveda called as Rasa Shastra which is concerned about making herbo- mineral, metallo-mineral and metallic preparations. This branch is evolved during 8th century and had focused on stability of mind and body which is called as Dehavada. So it has got all the ability to treat acute as well as chronic diseases. After achieving stability of body it added Rasayana therapy to maintain the subtleness in every aspect. This article “Palliative care of Auto immune diseases through Ayurveda with special emphasis on Rasaushadhi” will discuss in detail with what is auto-immune disease palliative care and Ayurvedic Rasaushadhi. Keywords: Palliative care, auto immune disease, Ayurveda, Rasashastra, Rasauhadhi, Rasayana.