Review of a selective Ayurvedic formula in the management of Ashmari (Urinary stones)
1 emporary Demonstrator, Department of Cikitsa, Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine, Yakkala, Sri Lanka.
2 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Applied and Natural Science, University College of Matara, Vocational Training, Sri Lanka.
3 Senior lecturer Grade I, Department of Cikitsa, Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine, Yakkala, Sri Lanka.
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023, 24(02), 075–079.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2023.24.2.0303
Publication history:
Received on 18 June 2023; revised on 29 July 2023; accepted on 01 August 2023
Abstract:
One of the most prevalent illnesses in Mutravaha Srōtasa (The bodily channel responsible for urine) is Mutrāshmari. Mutrāshmari is difficult to treat and requires extra care. Āchārya Sushruta listed it as one of the Ashta Mahāgada (eight dreadful disorders). It is related to urolithiasis, or urinary calculi in modern medical science. The prevalence of Mutrāshmari is rising in the modern day for a number of reasons, including altered eating habits, altered lifestyles, stress as well as strain, and environmental pollution. Cucumis melo and Leea indica are the chosen herbs in a traditional formula, and this review's goal is to investigate how well those selected herbs manage to treat Ashmari. Information about Ashmari was acquired from Ayurvedic scriptures, contemporary texts, and earlier research studies (from primary and secondary sources). It was thought that two herbs could help with Ashmari and afterwards a survey of the literature was done on those two herbs. Also these selected herbs were examined for their Pancha Padārtha (5 elements of the herb) and pharmacological qualities. Selected paste shows anti-urolithiatic and anti-hypercalciuric action. According to a literature review and Pancha Padārtha analysis, those selected herbs are useful in the treatment of Ashmari..
Keywords:
Ashta Mahāgada; Mutrā Ashmari; Pancha Padārtha; Urinary calculus
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