A CRITICAL REVIEW OF PARADA SAMSKARAS IN CONTEXT OF AYURVEDIC & MODERN CONCEPT
Dr. Manoj*, Dr. Amit Singh, Dr. Sohit Singh
ABSTRACT
Rasashastra is a division of Ayurvedic science covenants with manufacturing of mercurial, metallic and mineral medicinal preparation with dosage, indications, contraindication with possible adverse effects if medicines were not used or correctly prepared as per classics. In characteristic medicines contains three classes of fixings viz, 1 -natural beginning, 2-creature beginning, 3-metal commencement to achieve the cheery and sound life. Natural items were broadly utilized in the exemplary age in all branches of Ayurveda. Metal and minerals were moreover utilized as a piece of curative specialist yet less as often as possible when contrasted with home grown medication since they have harmfulness. India have substantially more metal, for example, – Arsenic, lead, zinc, copper and so forth, which are utilized for treatment for different illnesses, Parada is one of them. Samskara literally means a process or procedure by use of which there is enhancement in properties. Samskara is the qualitative alteration done for improvement, enrichment, modification, lowering the bad effects or any such procedure. Parada due to its mystical importance in Ayurveda and Rasa shastra is briefly used for two purposes; Deha-vadha (Medicine, body rejuvenation) and Loh-vadha (Occult, Alchemical and Spiritual upliftment). To completely attain all the purposes, Ayurveda texts inform about Ashtha-Sanskar (Eight processes) required to purify mercury. Of these, only the first eight are recommended for Dehvadha (medicinal purposes) while the enduring ten steps, which are obscure and have occult overtones, are used only for purifying mercury in such a way that it can transform vulgar metals into gold (Loh-vadha). So in this current article we attempted to do the practical aspects of Astasanskar of Parad.
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