Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Which means of Abheshaja
Bheshaja typically means drugs. The time period additionally consists of any materials or non-material or strategies, measures and comforts which assist in curing a illness.
Bheshaja is precisely reverse of Bheshaja, by way of that means and in addition motion.
Phrase Cut up
– A = not
– Bheshaja = drugs
– Abheshaja = A + Bheshaja – (that which is) not a drugs
Abheshaja, thus, may be something –
– which isn’t a drugs
– which doesn’t remedy any illness or doesn’t have capability to take action i.e. no therapeutic advantages
– which can’t stop a illness
– which doesn’t have capability to interrupt the cycle of pathogenesis i.e. samprapti vighatana
– which may trigger hassle, miseries, aspect / opposed results, issues or worsening of illness instantly after their use or after a very long time of their utilization
Kinds of Abheshaja
अभेषजं च द्विविधम् बाधनं सानुबाधनं।च.चि.१.१/५।
Abheshaja is of two varieties. They’re –
- Badhana – these which trigger miseries or opposed results and issues instantly after their utilization i.e. they trigger unintended effects in very fast time
- Sanubadhana – these which trigger miseries or opposed results and issues or ailments after they’re used constantly for lengthy time frame i.e. their affect is sluggish and can produce unintended effects after a very long time
However as a rule, Abheshaja will and may produce distress or opposed results, in the end and therefore not protected to make use of.
Some medicines (fashionable) have been banned from manufacturing or prescription or sale and have been withdrawn from the pharmaceutical market branding them as ‘typically not protected to make use of’ since they’ve produced opposed results or life-threatening issues each time, in a normal inhabitants. They are often thought of as Abheshaja.
Context & Scientific Significance
Acharya Charaka mentions Abhesaja and its varieties in the identical context as he explains Bheshaja and its varieties, in truth instantly after giving the synonyms of Bheshaja and mentioning its varieties.
By this Acharya Charaka has pointed in direction of the importance of understanding not solely Bheshaja but in addition in regards to the Abheshaja. A doctor ought to know Abheshaja to distinguish it from Bheshaja and in addition keep away from utilizing them in his medical follow. By doing so, he would keep away from issues and undesired unintended effects of remedy.
You will need to differentiate between Abheshaja and Anupashaya. Anupashaya is mostly ‘a drugs not serving to therapeutically or inflicting some complication or triggering of drawback’ in a specific individual and will not be generalized to everybody. Abheshaja is one thing which isn’t a drugs and when administered would trigger opposed results in everybody, in the end, as a rule and therefore shouldn’t be used.
Reference – Charaka Samhita Chikitsa Sthana Chapter 1, part 1, verse 5 (Cha.Chi.1.1/5)
Since we should not have an elaborate rationalization of Abheshaja, it is smart in understanding it from the angle of the reason out there for ‘Bheshaja’, since Abheshaja is reverse of Bheshaja and is the whole lot which Bheshaja is just not.
Associated Studying – ‘Bheshaja’
Associated Studying – ‘Distinction between Bheshaja and Abheshaja’
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