Abstract

PANCHAKARMA- PREVENTIVE & PROMOTIVE HEALTH CARE TREATEMENT OF GERIATRIC DISEASES

Khare Manish* and Khare Kumudini Mala

ABSTRACT

Geriatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with the care and treatment of elderly. Geriatric care has to address two-fold problems, firstly the basic anti-aging care to retard the rate of physiological ageing and secondly the medical management of diseases specifically occurring in old age. Innate desire every human being whether a saint or a common man is to attain a long a healthy life. The World population of the elderly is increasing over including India. It is now felt necessary to develop newer strategies for Geriatric health care. Accordingly Geriatrics is emerging as a major medical specialty globally. The conventional modern medicine is apparently strong in terms of the second aspect, although the final outcome may not be as significant. Ayurveda, on the other hand has got the potential for prevention of diseases by promotion of health and management of diseases occurring in old age. Ayurvedic System of Medicine offers an excellent line management for ageing problem. Panchakarma presents a unique approach of Ayurveda to the therapy with specially designed five procedures of internal purification of the body including the gross channels up to the subtlest levels. Such purification permits the biological system to return to normalcy and to rejuvenate spontaneously and also facilitates the desired therapeutic effects to curative remedies administrated thereafter. Disease pacifying treatment should be planned according to disease affected; mostly the Geriatric disorders have flourished during old age which is the best period for vitiation of Vata dosha and sarva dhatu kshaya. This paper deals with the Panchakarma procedures and its effect in the geriatrics diseases.

Keywords: Ayurved, Panchakarma, Geriatric diseases.