Open AccessA REVIEW ON AYURVEDIC ASPECT OF MADATYA (ALCOHOL), MADATYAYA AND ITS MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AGAD TANTRA
Author(s) -
Preeti Singh,
Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research in ayurveda and pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2277-4343
pISSN - 2229-3566
DOI - 10.7897/2277-4343.120244
Subject(s) - tantra , traditional medicine , affect (linguistics) , intellect , folk medicine , psychology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , communication , theology
Ayurveda is an ancient science of life which deals with physical, mental and spiritual health of human being. Agad tantra is one of the 8 branches of Ayurveda which deals with the study of poisons and its treatment. Madya affect the mind causing inebriation, enhance Tamo guna and affect the intellect the person. Alcohol is a substance which leads to the mal-functioning of the body’s functions which are Dosha, Dhatu and Mala and make them abnormal. The term ‘Madya’ is an indicative word to all of alcoholic beverages mentioned in Ayurveda, the method of preparing alcoholic beverages was a part of culture in this region of world going as far back as the time of Rigveda (3000 B.C.).