Medicina Tradicional y Naturopatía Clínica

Abstracto

Efficacy and Usefulness of Visha dravyas in Rasaushadhis (HMPs)

Sushant Sud and Khyati S Sud

Ayurveda is oldest medical science known to mankind and mainly aims at healthy living and long life unlike other medical science which simply focus on the treatment of ailments and diseases. There is evidence that using some Ayurvedic medicine, especially those involving herbs, metals, minerals, or other materials involves potentially serious risks, including toxicity. This article discusses about plants (visha-upavisha dravyas) commonly used to improve health and their role in the preparation of making medicines or to treat illness as herbs in single or in a compound formulations.