European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

CHARAK SAMHITA; AS REMARKABLE ANCIENT RESEARCH TREATIES: A REVIEW

Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh Tomar*, Dr. Pawan Kirar, Dr. S. N. Tiwari and Dr. Pravanjan Acharya

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda the science of Indian medicine encompasses several treaties related to the ancient approaches of Indian medical system and Charak Samhita is such identities of Ayurveda. Charak Samhita explains path of research and methodology along with several theories related to the diseases and their treatment. Charak Samhita encompasses details information related to the study of Pramana, Dashvidh Parikshya and methods of proving i.e. Panchavayavi Vakya, etc. The present review highlights various fields of research including literary, fundamental, drug and clinical research in Ayurveda. The review further focuses to improve the research methodology for Ayurveda with main emphasis on the fundamental research. This attempt will enlighten the path of young researchers towards the field of basic Ayurveda research. Here Tantrayukti was used to understand science and Vadmargapad used to prove one’s view, etc. This article presented Charak Samhita as a very scientifically bound textbook for explaining various principles of Ayurveda.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Charak Samhita, Anusandhan, Tantrayukti, Vadamargapad.