Abstract

A CONCEPTUAL STUDY ON THE PREVENTIVE ASPECT OF PRATIMARSH NASYA IN DINCHARYA

Ram Kumar Agarwal, *Vijay Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar Agrawal, Rajni Bala, Pandey Nitin and Vikas Chandra Gupta

ABSTRACT

Panchakarma includes five main procedures for Shodhan (purification) i.e., Vamana, Virechana, Asthapana Vasti, Anuvasana Vasti and Nasya. Nasya is a procedure in which medicine or medicated oil is administered through nostrils. Pratimarsha Nasya (a type of nasya in which only two drops of oil are used in each nostril) is the only procedure of Panchakarma included in Dincharya for the prevention of diseases as well as promotion of health. Other types of Nasya are used in specific conditions or diseases. In comparison to other Nasya, Pratimarsha Nasya is easy to take, it has no complication, and it can be used in all age group and in every season. The objective of this study is to justify the use of Pratimarsha Nasya in Dincharya for the prevention of diseases as well as promotion of health. The study of different Ayurvedic and modern literature has been done to fulfil the objective of study. On the basis of literature procedure, dose, benefits, indications, contraindications and usefulness of Pratimarsha Nasya in deferent conditions has been explained. In Nasya the medicine reached to whole head through nose and prevents the diseases. Therefore medicine applied in Nasya can affect the ears, eyes and brain also. Shrigataka Marmas are four in number which enrich the nose, eyes, ears and tongue, and Nasya works as Santarpana for all these. As the modern point of view, nose is directly connected to ears by Eustachian tube, to eyes by nasolacrimal duct, and to brain by porous cribriform plate. Pratimarsha Nasya is valuable procedure for prevention of Urdhwajatrugata Roga and diseases due to seasonal variation.

Keywords: Shodhan, Panchakarma, Pratimarsha Nasya, Urdhwajatrugata Roga, Shrigataka Marmas.