UNDERSTANDING OF SWABHAVOPARAMVAD IN TERMS OF APOPTOSIS: A REVIEW

Abstract

The basic principles of Ayurveda are eternal truths, as they are based on sound scientific facts. Among the different fundamentals as described in Ayurveda, the concept ‘swabhavoparamvad’ is one of the major fundamentals in Ayurveda, which is having great importance in our daily life. Here, Swabhava means natural and the meaning of uparam is destruction, so the word swabhavoparam stands for natural destruction or self destruction. After birth, growth and senility ultimately leading to death are inevitable process. This concept has got very much importance among the living beings because it is a complete physiological event that is going at every moment of our life. Nobody can get rid of this decay process. Whereas on the other hand, Apoptosis is a highly regulated and controlled process that confers advantages during an organism’s lifecycle. Apoptosis is so carefully planned out that it is often called programmed cell death. Apoptosis is a morphologically recognizable form of cell death that is implemented by a mechanism that has been conserved throughout evolution from nematode to man. Both these processes are physiological and are important and necessary for human being for maintenance of life. So, here in this article I want to pinpoint the fact that apoptosis is nothing but a part of the concept Swabhavoparamvad as both these physiological processes converge into a point that is self destruction.