Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Which means of Abheshaja
Bheshaja usually means drugs. The time period additionally consists of any materials or non-material or strategies, measures and comforts which assist in curing a illness.
Bheshaja is strictly reverse of Bheshaja, by way of that means and likewise motion.
Phrase Break up
– A = not
– Bheshaja = drugs
– Abheshaja = A + Bheshaja – (that which is) not a drugs
Abheshaja, thus, may be something –
– which isn’t a drugs
– which doesn’t treatment any illness or doesn’t have capability to take action i.e. no therapeutic advantages
– which can’t forestall a illness
– which doesn’t have capability to interrupt the cycle of pathogenesis i.e. samprapti vighatana
– which might trigger bother, miseries, facet / opposed results, issues or worsening of illness instantly after their use or after a very long time of their utilization
Forms of Abheshaja
अभेषजं च द्विविधम् बाधनं सानुबाधनं।च.चि.१.१/५।
Abheshaja is of two sorts. They’re –
- Badhana – these which trigger miseries or opposed results and issues instantly after their utilization i.e. they trigger negative effects in very fast time
- Sanubadhana – these which trigger miseries or opposed results and issues or illnesses after they’re used constantly for lengthy time frame i.e. their influence is gradual and can produce negative effects after a very long time
However as a rule, Abheshaja will and may produce distress or opposed results, eventually and therefore not secure to make use of.
Some medicines (fashionable) have been banned from manufacturing or prescription or sale and have been withdrawn from the pharmaceutical market branding them as ‘usually not secure to make use of’ since they’ve produced opposed results or life-threatening issues each time, in a basic inhabitants. They are often thought of as Abheshaja.
Context & Scientific Significance
Acharya Charaka mentions Abhesaja and its sorts in the identical context as he explains Bheshaja and its sorts, actually instantly after giving the synonyms of Bheshaja and mentioning its sorts.
By this Acharya Charaka has pointed in the direction of the importance of realizing not solely Bheshaja but in addition concerning the Abheshaja. A doctor ought to know Abheshaja to distinguish it from Bheshaja and likewise keep away from utilizing them in his scientific follow. By doing so, he would keep away from issues and undesired negative effects of therapy.
You will need to differentiate between Abheshaja and Anupashaya. Anupashaya is usually ‘a drugs not serving to therapeutically or inflicting some complication or triggering of drawback’ in a selected particular person and is probably not generalized to everybody. Abheshaja is one thing which isn’t a drugs and when administered would trigger opposed results in everybody, eventually, as a rule and therefore shouldn’t be used.
Reference – Charaka Samhita Chikitsa Sthana Chapter 1, part 1, verse 5 (Cha.Chi.1.1/5)
Since we would not have an elaborate clarification of Abheshaja, it is smart in understanding it from the attitude of the reason obtainable for ‘Bheshaja’, since Abheshaja is reverse of Bheshaja and is all the pieces which Bheshaja will not be.
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