INTRODUCTION OF SROTAS IN AYURVEDA - REVIEW ARTICLE
Dr. Deepika Sharma*, Dr. Sakshi and Dr. Subhash Upadhyay
ABSTRACT
In Ayurveda Srotas plays a major role. Acharyas explained purusha as assumed to be made of innumerable Srotas. The equilibrium of dosha, dhathu and mala maintains health. To maintain continuity in the life cycle, these bodily elements have to be continuously regulated, nourished and replenished. Srotas are the channels or inner transport system of the body which is the site for the activities of other bodily elements like dosha, dhathu, mala, agni, etc. Among these some Srotas are micro and some are macro in structure and they adopt the same colour of particular dhathus of the body to which they belong. In Ayurvedic classics, it has been described that the entire range of life process in health and disease depends on the integrity of Srotas. Therefore the present article is an attempt to study the fundamental facts of Srotas.
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