AN EXTENSIVE OUTLOOK OF SHATKRIYAKALA IN AYURVEDIC TREATMENT

Abstract

Acharya Sushruta’s knowledge escalated even to other facets of medical science. He has ex-plained the process of disease manifestation (Vyadhi Utpatti) under the heading of six stages of disease manifestation (Shatkriyakala). The time interval between vitiation of Doshas (Dosha Vaishamya) and the re-establishment of equilibrium of Doshas (Dosha Samyata) rep-resent the different stages of the Kriyakala of the Disease (Vyadhi). Critical analysis of Shatkriyakala in regards to its preventive and curative aspects is the main theme of the cur-rent article. Materials were compiled from the Brihatrayee and all the available commen-taries on it. Various publications, text books, research papers, proceedings of seminars were also considered to collect the literary material. If the disease is treated in earlier stages of Shatkriyakala, there is effective reduction in the drug doses as well as the total duration re-quired for treatment/therapy. Actually the Shatkriyakala is warning/cautions to the patient and as well as to the physician to be alert. The series of abnormal actions (Vikrita Kriya) of Tridoshas is developing successively in different time (Kala), which gives an opportunity for treatment (Chikitsa).