Manoj Jagtap

• MD(ayurrveda)
• Professor at Dr. G D Pol Foundation YMT Ayurvedic college

Ayurveda is an ancient science of medicine. Since vedic period to till date its principles, medicines,and treatment Methods like panchakarma were proved very useful for treatment of various diseases. Basti is one among the most important Panchakarma therapies which is also considered as "Ardhachikitsa" It's mode of action is makes it unique treatme...

Vegetable oils have been used for many centuries in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in India and in Chinese medicine for their therapeutic properties. The purpose of this article is to inform readers about the characteristics of edible oil as described in Ayurveda, with particular emphasis on Charak Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, and Ashtanga Hridaya. L...

National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) is implemented from June 2021. Old IMCC Act 1970 was replaced by NCISM Act 2020. NCISM is national commission to improve access to quality and affordable Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Sowa-Rigpa (AUS&SR) medical education. In order to this Minimum Standards of Education (MSE-UG) was published...

Garbha is the union of shukra and shonita, it is also called as shadbhavatmak garbha, i.e made up of matruja, pitruja, rasaja, satmyja, aatmyaja and satvaja Bhava. All soft organs are included in matruja bhava, hence we can consider Stana as matruja bhava. In this study,316 cases of breast cancer were staudied with respect to maternal and paternal...

Sushruta is perfect in anatomy. Sushruta has described Avayav Utpatti Siddhanta in sharirsthana. Various soft organs are formed by dosha and dhatu. This unique concept of organogenesis is very important and useful in nidan and chikitsa aspect. For example yakruta and pleeha are made of Rakta dhatu this indicates vitiation of Rakta dhatu results in...

Embryology is science dealing with formation & development of zygote till delivery of fetus. Ayurveda scholars like Charaka, Sushruta have described embryology in detail as Garbhavkranti. Sushruta in 5th chapter of sharirsthana mentioned about stages after fertilization till implantation. The study reveals that Sushruta had perfect idea about th...

Tvak(skin) is the largest organ of the body and one among the panchagyanendriya. The primary function of this organ is touch sensation i.e. sparsha dnyana. It also has a great cosmetic value. Now a day most of the people are suffering from one or more skin diseases. Improper life style, use of chemical cosmetic products, pollution, busy &stressful...

Tvak(skin) is the largest organ of the body and one among the panchagyanendriya. The primary function of this organ is touch sensation i.e. sparsha dnyana. It also has a great cosmetic value. Now a day most of the people are suffering from one or more skin diseases. Improper life style, use of chemical cosmetic products, pollution, busy &stressful...

Epigenetics: it is the recent science which deals with the study of cellular and physiological traits that are heritable by daughter cells and not caused by changes in the DNA sequence. Specific epigenetic processes include paramutation, bookmarking, imprinting, gene silencing, X chromosome inactivation, position effect, reprogramming, transvection...

Seven kala are present in human body which mainly separate dhatu and ashaya. Raktadhara kala is second in position and present at yakruta, pleeha and sira. Yakruta is also mulasthana of Raktavaha srotas. Yakruta is formed by Rakta dhatu. Aiming to prove relation between yakruta and raktadhara kala 60 patients of known liver diseases were selected....