CLASSICAL TEXTUAL REVIEW OF IRIMEDA
Dr. Shantanu Pophalikar*, Dr. Ranjeet Z. Patil, Dr. Laxmikant B. Patil and Dr. Yuvraj Dewane
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda, one of the most ancient medical science in the history of mankind, has got its roots in the Sacred Vedas too. Lots of work done by the Rishis, Scholars and Vaidyas have created a mammoth of knowledge about health and disease which is unparalleled. Ayurveda considers ‘Vaat-Pitta-Kapha’ (also called as Tri Doshas) as its important pillars, and believes in their equilibrium to be a state of health, and disease to be the other way around. So, any disease according to Ayurveda, is mostly categorized according to them. With emergence of modern science and technology, we now have found microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, protozoa and others to be the causative factors of many diseases. Ayurveda calls them as Krumi, and plants acting against them as ‘Krumighna’. Irimeda (Acacia farnesiana) is one of such plant which is said to be useful for its krumighna activity.
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