Review article-himavan agada in mandali sarpavishachikitsa

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Agadatantra is one among the Ashtangas of Ayurveda , which deals with all cases of poisoning. Among all visha, sarpavisha has foremost importance as it is a condition which needs emergency management. Snakes are categorized into three groups in Ayurveda , based on their dosha predominance and structural appearance. Anti-Snake Venom is the main treatment protocol for the poisonous snake bite in modern science. But in our samhithas Acharyas gave description about various agadayogas which are useful for management of snake bite cases. Himavanagada is one among them. It contains 14 ingredients and indicated for mandalivisha, visarpa, shwayathu, visphota, jwara and daha . By using the agadayogas told by our Acharyas , we can try to treat sarpavisha cases without ASV Keywords: Himavanagada , Mandalivisha INTRODUCTION Agadatantra is one among the Ashtangas of Ayurveda. It mainly deals with the treatment of poisoning. Roughly 11,000 fatalities occur in India each year due to snake bite 1. Sarpavisha is a condition which needs emergency management to save the life of the victims. In Ayurvedic literature sarpas are mainly classified into three categories 2 i.e  Darvikarasarpa  Mandalisarpa  RajimanthasarpaMandalidamsavisha produces symptoms like shotha, jwara etc. which are similar in nature of hemotoxic poison, commonly noted in viper snake bite cases 3 Snake bite is a significant health concern especially in rural populations. High mortality is due to poor health services in rural areas and getting delay for wellequipped health care INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (July, 2017) 5(7) REVIEW ARTICLE-HIMAVAN AGADA IN MANDALI SARPAVISHACHIKITSA Ranjana K 1 , Sudheendra Honwad 2 , Shrinidhi.R 2 , Amala Jyoti 3 1 Second year PG Scholar; 2 Associate Professor; 3 AssistantProfessorDepartment of PG Studies in Agadatantra; Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda & Hospital, Udupi, Karnataka, India Email: ranjanachikku@gmail.com ABSTRACT Agadatantra is one among the Ashtangas of Ayurveda , which deals with all cases of poisoning. Among all visha, sarpavisha has foremost importance as it is a condition which needs emergency management. Snakes are categorized into three groups in Ayurveda , based on their dosha predominance and structural appearance. Anti-Snake Venom is the main treatment protocol for the poisonous snake bite in modern science. But in our samhithas Acharyas gave description about various agadayogas which are useful for management of snake bite cases. Himavanagada is one among them. It contains 14 ingredients and indicated for mandalivisha, visarpa, shwayathu, visphota, jwara and daha . By using the agadayogas told by our Acharyas , we can try to treat sarpavisha cases without ASV Keywords: Himavanagada , Mandalivisha INTRODUCTION Agadatantra is one among the Ashtangas of Ayurveda. It mainly deals with the treatment of poisoning. Roughly 11,000 fatalities occur in India each year due to snake bite 1. Sarpavisha is a condition which needs emergency management to save the life of the victims. In Ayurvedic literature sarpas are mainly classified into three categories 2 i.e  Darvikarasarpa  Mandalisarpa  RajimanthasarpaMandalidamsavisha produces symptoms like shotha, jwara etc. which are similar in nature of hemotoxic poison, commonly noted in viper snake bite cases 3 Snake bite is a significant health concern especially in rural populations. High mortality is due to poor health services in rural areas and getting delay for wellequipped health care INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (July, 2017) 5(7) REVIEW ARTICLE-HIMAVAN AGADA IN MANDALI SARPAVISHACHIKITSA Ranjana K 1 , Sudheendra Honwad 2 , Shrinidhi.R 2 , Amala Jyoti 3 1 Second year PG Scholar; 2 Associate Professor; 3 AssistantProfessorDepartment of PG Studies in Agadatantra; Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda & Hospital, Udupi, Karnataka, India Email: ranjanachikku@gmail.com ABSTRACT Agadatantra is one among the Ashtangas of Ayurveda , which deals with all cases of poisoning. Among all visha, sarpavisha has foremost importance as it is a condition which needs emergency management. Snakes are categorized into three groups in Ayurveda , based on their dosha predominance and structural appearance. Anti-Snake Venom is the main treatment protocol for the poisonous snake bite in modern science. But in our samhithas Acharyas gave description about various agadayogas which are useful for management of snake bite cases. Himavanagada is one among them. It contains 14 ingredients and indicated for mandalivisha, visarpa, shwayathu, visphota, jwara and daha . By using the agadayogas told by our Acharyas , we can try to treat sarpavisha cases without ASV Keywords: Himavanagada , Mandalivisha INTRODUCTION Agadatantra is one among the Ashtangas of Ayurveda