Rogamarga

Roga marga means pathways of disease progression and manifestations. It is essential to know the path of progression and manifestation of the disease to plan the protocol for its management. Roga marga is a place of vitiation of body channels (kha vaigunya). The disease can be cured, if the exact site of vitiation is targeted. Through the applicability of roga-marga, the recurrence of the disease may be reduced. [Cha.Sa.Chikitsa Sthana 15/36-37] The specific medicines for specific receptors can be developed. [Cha.Sa. Sutra Sthana 4/22]
Acharya Charaka has explained roga marga as under. [Cha.Sa.Sutrasthana 11/48]

1. Three roga maragas viz. external (bahya), middle (madhyama) and internal (abhyantara)
2. Each roga marga has set of structural / physiological entities.
3. List of diseases of roga marga

This article describes the physiological and pathological aspects of rogamarga with their importance in therapeutics.

Contributors

Section/Chapter/topic	Concepts/Rogamarga
Authors	Bhojani M. K. 1, Dwivedi Rambabu 2, Vyas Mahesh3, Bhatted Santoshkumar4
Reviewer	Basisht G.5,
Editor	Deole Y.S.6
Affiliations	1 Department of Sharir Kriya, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India 2 Former Dean, Institute of Post Graduate Teaching & Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, India 3 Department of Samhita Siddhanta, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India 4 Department of Panchakarma, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India 5 Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. 6 Department of Kayachikitsa, G. J. Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
Correspondence emails	meera.samhita@aiia.gov.in, carakasamhita@gmail.com
Publisher	Charak Samhita Research, Training and Development Centre, I.T.R.A., Jamnagar, India
Date of publication:	March 30, 2023
DOI	10.47468/CSNE.2023.e01.s09.133

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