Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Shuddha = pure, correctly finished, efficient
Chikitsa = remedy
A remedy finished in pure kind and correctly executed in such a method that its impact is sweet when it comes to establishing good well being, within the individual to whom the remedy has been finished is known as as Shuddha Chikitsa.
For a remedy to be deliberate and executed successfully a whole lot of issues have to be thought-about. All of the 4 limbs of remedy i.e. chikitsa chatushpada must fall in place and the mixture ought to work in a devoted and built-in loop.
The doctor, the affected person, the drugs and the caregivers / nursing employees, the function of all these is necessary. Aside from this, the doctor is crucial member of the chatushpada i.e., the 4 limbs talked about above. It’s his accountability to plan and execute remedy. He has to completely look at the illness and the diseased and are available to a correct analysis. Then he must chart out the absolute best therapies, medicines, way of life adjustments and eating regimen for the given affected person in a given situation. He has to observe the affected person and the illness till he makes certain that the pathology has been destroyed and normalcy has been established.
The affected person must be submissive and obedient and volunteer himself within the remedy. The medicines and eating regimen needs to be apt for the illness and succesful sufficient to interrupt the pathogenesis. The caregivers have to be on their heels and assist the affected person conquer his illness. If all these items work out in favor of the doctor, he’ll discover success and such a remedy which is nicely deliberate and nicely executed and nicely adopted up would be the finest one.
This may be thought-about as a pure type of remedy whose purpose shall be to treatment the illness and set up well being within the ailing people.
This isn’t all.
Aside from this, there are particular standards for a remedy to be known as Shuddha Chikitsa or pure remedy.
Allow us to see what Acharya Vagbhata has to say about Shuddha Chikitsa on this context.
Ref – A.Hr.13/13-16
Shuddha Chikitsa: Definition of pure / good remedy
प्रयोगः शमयेद्व्याधिमेकं योऽन्यमुदीरयेत्।
नाऽसौ विशुद्धः शुद्धस्तुशमयेद्यो न कोपयेत्॥१६॥
Shuddha Chikitsa or pure remedy is that which cures one illness however doesn’t give rise to a different illness. It is a essential side of remedy.
However, the remedy which cures one illness however offers rise to one more illness, ultimately will not be thought-about as Shuddha chikitsa i.e. it isn’t a pure or acceptable remedy. It’s because, although it cures one illness, it will trigger one more illness or complication, which isn’t the purpose of excellent remedy.
Abstract
A brand new illness or complication arising out of a remedy course of can’t be accepted. This exhibits the remedy was both not correctly deliberate or executed or a mixture of each.
This will likely occur attributable to totally different causes –
– Failure of the doctor in diagnosing the illness or planning the remedy or implementing the remedy or mixture of all these elements
– Failure of medicines to supply the specified affect or incorrect selection of medicines or side-effects / issues produced by medicines
– Improper observe up by the affected person and never following the directions of the physician, like not taking the medicines and therapies correctly on time or not following the dietetic restrictions
– The illness and diseased not taken care of correctly by the nursing employees or caregivers at house
– Lack of coordination between the 4 limbs of remedy
– Extreme remedy given in weak illness or affected person or Deficit / insufficient remedy given in a robust illness which incorporates palliative and purificatory medicines and therapies
So, the remedy shall be deliberate after utterly contemplating varied aspects of the illness and illness adopted by thorough examination of each and correct analysis of the illness.
A Shuddha chikitsa won’t ever fail and can yield good treatment and set up well being within the ailing people. However, if the chikitsa will not be Shuddha, it is not going to treatment the illness however would produce some extra ailments and issues.