A COMPENDIOUS STUDY OF STROTAS IN AYURVEDA AND ITS CONTEMPORARY ASPECT- A REVIEW ARTICLE

*Vartika Kashyap, M. B. Gaur, Yogesh Kumar Pandey and Pooja Sabharwal

ABSTRACT

Strotas are channels which function as medium through which the nutrients, vital resources and biological waste stream to and fro between the interior, periphery and the exterior of human body. Healthy strotas are the source of good health. They serve as conduits through the pores of which prasad bhaga (nutrient) and mala bhaga (metabolic waste) pass to and fro from the poshya or sthayi dhatu (non-circulationg component of tissue). Entire strotas in body can be summed up as aggregate of gross channels, subtle channels and molecular channels. A brief discussion regarding origin, appearance, functioning, types and number of different strotas alongwith their contemporary aspect is made in present study.

Keywords: Prasad bhaga (nutrient), mala bhaga, Strotas.