Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: January | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 210-215
A Critical Review of Vishaghna Dravya Mentioned in Bhavprakash Nighantu
Seema Yadav1, Amol Sudhakar Kadu2, Vandana Chandel1, Pooja Verma1
1P.G Scholar, 2Assistant Professor,
P.G Dept of Agad Tantra, NIA, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Pin code-302002
Corresponding Author: Seema Yadav
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda is an ancient science of India having Ashtangas(eight branches). Among these eight branches, Agadtantra is a unique branch that deals with toxicology and its management. Empirical knowledge about medicinal plants plays a vital role in primary health care and has a great potential for the discovery of new drugs. There are many vishaghana dravyas mentioned in Bhavprakash Nighantu. Bhavamishra was the author of Bhavaprakash Nighantu(Lexicon) which is one of Laghutrayis (Sharanghadara, Madhav nidan and Bhavaprakash). Text is highlighted with Karmaoushadi (action based drugs) and considered as a drug index of Ayurveda. Thus present study was designed to screen the drugs having vishaghna action from Bhavaprakash Nighantu on the basis of their rasa, guna, veerya, vipaka and corresponding references mentioned in it and in this study only the drugs which having Vishaghna karma described in shloka are taken. Out of 676 drugs in Bhavaprakash Nighantu there are 136 single drugs identified which poses vishaghna karma and scattered throughout the text which include herb, mineral and animal origin.
Key words: Vishaghna, Agadtantra, Bhavaprakash, Ayurveda, Drugs