NASYA KALPANA: A COMPREHENSIVE REMEDY FOR URDHWAJATRUGATA DISORDERS

Dr. Shailendra Singh* and Ashu Vinaik

ABSTRACT

Vamana (Therapeutic vomiting), Virechana (Purgation), Basti (Therapeutic Enema), Nasya (eradication of toxins through the nose) and Raktamokshana (Bloodletting) are the Ayurvedic internal purification procedures with an aim to restoration of health of a healthy individual and cures the ailment of a diseased person. The term Nasya is applied for medicine administered in the body through nasal passage and the formulations/drugs/dosage form used for this intention is known as nasya kalpana. As our Acharyas said that “Nasa Hi Sirso Dwaram” means nose is root or entrance of brain. Medicine administered through nasya karma directly enters in to sinus, throat, brain and upper respiratory tract etc. Nasya therapy cannot allow bacteria and allergen to move upward toward sinuses or head and thus therapeutically beneficial in the diseases like Nasagata roga (nasal diseases), Suryavarta (sinus congestion), Ardhavabhedaka (Migraine), Sirahsool (Headaches), Pratishyaya (Rhinitis), Kasa (Cough) Netraroga (Eye diseases) etc.

Keywords: Nasya, Nasa, Urdhwajatrugata, Shira.