LITERARY REVIEW OF STAGES OF MADA W.S.R. ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION

Abstract

Ayurved is science of life which is divided in eight branches. Agadtantra is one of them which deals with study of Visa (Poison). Visa are the substances which saturate within the body after their consumption. The liquid which produces the intoxicated behaviour after the drinking is called as Madya. The attributes of Visha & Madya are same. The aim of this project was to study & correlate the concept of acute alcohol intoxication with stages of Mada. For that literary review of Madya & stages of Mada from various Ayurvedic text was done. References for concept of alcohol & stages of intoxication in acute alcohol poisoning from books of modern science were collected. All the references were collected &analysed & finally conclusion drawn. Conclusion of this study is when Madya is taken in proper dose it will act as Amrutam but it is not consumed in proper dose it will act as a Visa. According to Ayurveda three stages of Mada can be correlate with three stages of acute alcohol poisoning as per modern science.