Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
That means of Abheshaja
Bheshaja usually 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 which means and likewise motion.
Phrase Break up
– A = not
– Bheshaja = drugs
– Abheshaja = A + Bheshaja – (that which is) not a drugs
Abheshaja, thus, could be something –
– which isn’t a drugs
– which doesn’t treatment any illness or doesn’t have capability to take action i.e. no therapeutic advantages
– which can not forestall a illness
– which doesn’t have capability to interrupt the cycle of pathogenesis i.e. samprapti vighatana
– which might trigger bother, miseries, aspect / antagonistic results, problems or worsening of illness instantly after their use or after a very long time of their utilization
Sorts 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 antagonistic results and problems instantly after their utilization i.e. they trigger unintended effects in very fast time
- Sanubadhana – these which trigger miseries or antagonistic results and problems or ailments after they’re used repeatedly 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 antagonistic results, eventually and therefore not secure 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Some medicines (fashionable) have been banned from manufacturing or prescription or sale and have been withdrawn from the pharmaceutical market branding them as ‘usually not secure to make use of’ since they’ve produced antagonistic results or life-threatening problems each time, in a common 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, the truth is instantly after giving the synonyms of Bheshaja and mentioning its varieties.
By this Acharya Charaka has pointed in the direction of the importance of figuring out not solely Bheshaja but additionally concerning the Abheshaja. A doctor ought to know Abheshaja to distinguish it from Bheshaja and likewise keep away from utilizing them in his scientific apply. By doing so, he would keep away from problems and undesired unintended effects of therapy.
You will need to differentiate between Abheshaja and Anupashaya. Anupashaya is usually ‘a drugs not serving to therapeutically or inflicting some complication or triggering of downside’ in a selected particular person and will not be generalized to everybody. Abheshaja is one thing which isn’t a drugs and when administered would trigger antagonistic results in everybody, eventually, 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 would not have an elaborate rationalization of Abheshaja, it is smart in understanding it from the angle of the reason accessible for ‘Bheshaja’, since Abheshaja is reverse of Bheshaja and is every thing which Bheshaja will not be.
Associated Studying – ‘Bheshaja’
Associated Studying – ‘Distinction between Bheshaja and Abheshaja’
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