ASSESSMENT OF VAIGIKI SHUDDHI W S R TO TIME IN VASANTIKA VAMANA: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Vamana is one among such therapy which is more beneficial when done in vasanta rutu. Rutu vamana is one which is adopted in vasant rutu to mitigate the accumulated kapha dosha, also adopted in healthy individuals. In vamana, among other criteria’s of assessment vega also plays a very important role to assess the type of shuddhi and to adopt proper samsarjana krama.In Vamana kala is also very important to attain samyak shuddhi, Acharayas mentioned purvahna1b as the time for conducting Vamana. However, which part of purvahna is not clearly mentioned. Hence, assessing which part of purvahna is best to induce proper vegas and lead to samyak shuddhi was essential. Thus, a study in SJIIM hospital Bangaluru, Vasanta Vamana was conducted in 40 subjects from March 25th to April 12th of 2015 and an observational study was done between the healthy and diseased person. Through this, an establishment of effect of time in inducing vegas and samyak shuddhi was done. It was concluded that the first prahara (the early part of purvahna) is more beneficial in inducing more vegas and in bringing about pravara and samyak shuddhi.