AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE CLINICAL APPROACH OF ADRAVYABHUTA CHIKITSA

Chikitsa (Treatment protocols) is Pravrutti (effort) made by Gunayukta Chikitsa Chatuspada (Physician, nurse, medications and patient) to bring back Dhatu Samyata (Healthy state) whenever there is Dhatu Vaikruti (Disease state). In Ayurvedic text, we got an explanation of many types of Chikitsa for different Vyadhis (Disease) or in different Avastha (Stages) of the Vyadhi. Among all these Chikitsa, we use Dravyabhuta Chikitsa (Dimensional things) like all medication including shodhana (Purification) and shamana (Pacification) broadly but the use of the Adravyabhuta Chikitsa (Non-dimensional) is very limited. Adravyabhuta is a type of Chikitsa that is classified based on the swarupa (Shape), these Adravyabhutas Chikitsa specially deals with non - dimensional things. This review article is explaining about concept and types of Adravyabhuta Chikitsa with classical examples which our Acharyas explained in Samhitas.Keywords: Chikitsa, Dravyabhuta, Adravyabhuta, Murta Bhava, Amurtha Bhava, Samavayi Karana.