A REVIEW ON HARITAKI (TERMINALIA CHEBULA Retz.) W.S.R. TO KALPA STHANA OF HARITA SAMHITA: A CONCEPTUAL STUDY
Dr. Ravikumar Rathod* and Dr. Kunal Gurav
ABSTRACT
The matter for every subject is scattered in different Samhitas and have to take great efforts if anyone wants to search for details about a particular topic. Some of the medicinal herbal drugs mentioned in Ayurveda Samhitas play an important role in day to day life as diet and medicine. Harita Samhita was written in between 6th to 7th century AD. This book is written in discussion module, and the conversation was between Atreya Punarvashu and Acharya Harita. He has proposed his own new concepts in his texts. The present scripture is explained into six divisions, viz; Prathamasthana, Dwitiyasthana, Chikitsasthana, Sutrasthana, Kalpasthana, Sharirasthana. In kalpastahana of harita samhita, totally five chapters mentioned which deals with several important drugs used in different doses forms acc to diseases. An attempt of review on Haritaki made here to enlighten on Kalpa sthana by taking Harita samhita as standard. As this work might fulfill of exact information about Terminalia chebula i.e Haritaki, its medicinal properties and their uses in different diseases condition.
Keywords: Haritaki, Harita Samhita, Kalpa Sthana.
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