MADHUMEHA IN CONVENTIONAL PARLANCE

Abstract

Ayurveda is one of the very popular and most ancient system of medicine in India as well as all over the world. Literally the meaning of the word Ayurveda is the science of life. Ayurved system of medicine not only deals with diseases but also equivalently deals with preventive aspect of health. Madhumeha is a disease known to mankind since vedic period. In ancient text compiled by Acharya Charaka, Acharya Sushruta, Acharya Vagbhatta and many others, we get detailed description about this disease under the heading of Premeha. The major clinical features of Madhumeha correlates with the earlier notion of Diabetes Mellitus. In upcoming days, Diabetes Mellitus are going to be a burden for human kind. A vigorous searching is going on all over the world to get a potential solution. Hence a comprehensive understanding of Madhumeha in conventional parlance may explore the potential field to find out a solution for Diabetes Mellitus from Ayurveda.