AYURVEDIC ASPECT OF ARSENIC AND ITS CHRONIC TOXICITY
Dr. Sushil Jangid*, Dr. Monika Sharma, and Dr. Anita Sharma
ABSTRACT
Arsenic was known as a therapeutic agent to ancient Greeks and Romans. Exposure to arsenic occurs through both natural and anthropogenic sources. Human health in the past and present is influenced by the amounts and proportion of chemical elements to which humans have been exposed. Humans are exposed to arsenic primarily from air, food and water. Drinking water may be contaminated with arsenic from arsenical pesticide, natural mineral deposits or improperly disposed arsenical chemicals. As the arsenic toxicant accumulate on cellular level after chronic and persistent exposure like cumulative poison (Dushi visha).There is no such treatment of chronic arsenic toxicity found in Ayurvedic original Text, but Enema therapy after bio purification and then symptomatic management may give complete relief.
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