A SHORT REVIEW STUDY ON ATIKRUSHATA W.S.R. MALNUTRITION

Abstract

Introduction: In today’s era atikrishata is very well found especially in developing country like India. India is first rank in malnutrition. A silent and largely invisible emergency malnutrition plays a role in more than half of the nearly 11 million deaths each year among children under age five Ayurveda has propounded the principal etiological factor as a cause of any and all disease aharvihar and sadvritta.Materials and Methods- As Ayurveda deals with the health of the society, in Indian philosophy described ashatoninditpurush and specially atikrishata. References has been collected and relevant matter is compiled from Ayuervedic literature Results and Discussion-Indian philosophy ashatonindit person is described and atisthulata and atikrishata is treatable. Atikrishata in India is in ranking in first and as comparative to atisthulata. Major work done in atikrishata,in present study atikrishata is ayurvedic and modern literature.