TO STUDY THE UTILITY AND PROPERTIES OF CHANAKA DRAVYA MENTIONED IN CHARAKA SAMHITA WITH THE HELP OF LESHA KALPANA AND ITS ROLE IN PRESCRIBING TODAY’S PATHYAPATHYA KALPANA

Dr. Sahastrabudhe A.* and Dr. Sabu N.

ABSTRACT

There are many dravyas described in our samhitas that we use even today in various different ways. At that time, when these samhitas were written, there might be a chance that these dravyas were used differently than today, but the properties of those dravyas are same even today. It is important for us to understand them in order to do proper treatment and to advice correct pathya and apathya to the patient. Regarding annadravya, it is very obvious that whatever food preparations were in practice at that time; now are evolving with the day and age. So, for an ayurvedic practitioner in present era, it is important to understand the utility and properties of Dravyas given in Samhita and its relevance in present era. Also, everything is not mentioned in detail due to Vistarabhaya and to avoid tantradosha, hence with the help of adhyayana tools like lesha Kalpana, we are supposed to study each Dravya in detail.

Keywords: Chanaka, Lesha Kalpana, Pathyapathya, Present era.