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|title = [[Charaka Samhita]] Chikitsa Sthana

|title = [[Charak Samhita]] Chikitsa Sthana

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<div style="text-align:justify;">''Chikitsa'' in Sanskrit means treatment and this section is about therapeutics in Ayurveda. Since the objective of Ayurveda is the prevention and treatment of disease, the first two chapters viz. [[Rasayana]] and [[Vajikarana]] deal with the preservation and promotion of physical, mental, and sexual health of a healthy person and the remaining chapters deal with therapeutics for the cure of diseases.

<div style="text-align:justify;">''Chikitsa'' in Sanskrit means treatment and this section is about therapeutics in Ayurveda. Since the objective of Ayurveda is the prevention and treatment of disease, the first two chapters viz. [[Rasayana]] and [[Vajikarana]] deal with the preservation and promotion of physical, mental, and sexual health of a healthy person and the remaining chapters deal with therapeutics for the cure of diseases.

   

   

[[Charaka Samhita]] being primarily a treatise of ''kayachikitsa'' (medicine) , most of the chapters in the [[Chikitsa Sthana]] deal with ''kayachikitsa'' while chapter 25 pertains to surgical disorders (''shalya'') and chapter 23 on the management of poisoning (''visha'') deals with ''agada-tantra'' (toxicology). In Ayurveda, psychiatry is dealt with under the heading of ''bhuta-vidya'' and two chapters - 9th and 10th - deal with ''unmada'' and ''apasmara'' focus on this aspect of medicine. Finally, the 30th chapter describes miscellaneous matters including the gynecological disorders (''yonivyapat'') and pediatrics (''kaumarabhritya'').

[[Charak Samhita]] being primarily a treatise of ''kayachikitsa'' (medicine) , most of the chapters in the [[Chikitsa Sthana]] deal with ''kayachikitsa'' while chapter 25 pertains to surgical disorders (''shalya'') and chapter 23 on the management of poisoning (''visha'') deals with ''agada-tantra'' (toxicology). In Ayurveda, psychiatry is dealt with under the heading of ''bhuta-vidya'' and two chapters - 9th and 10th - deal with ''unmada'' and ''apasmara'' focus on this aspect of medicine. Finally, the 30th chapter describes miscellaneous matters including the gynecological disorders (''yonivyapat'') and pediatrics (''kaumarabhritya'').

    

    

It is important to note here that though [[Chikitsa Sthana]] relates with therapeutics, each chapter provides a brief etio-pathogenesis along with symptomatology, prognosis and classification of the disease before delving into its detailed treatment. In therapeutic chapters a general pattern is adopted to describe the management: The first principle of treatment (''chikitsa sutra'') of that particular disease is given in terms of ''langhana'' or ''brimhana, snehana'' or ''rukshana, svedana'' or ''stambhana'' and concerned measures of ''shodhana'' followed by their judicious use in particular state and stage of the disease. It is followed by description of single or compound preparations along with their constituents, method of preparation and indications. The drugs are mentioned in the form of fresh juice and paste, powder, tablet, decoctions, ''avaleha'' (jam), ''asava'' (fermented preparations mainly from juices), ''arishta'' (fermented preparations mainly from decoctions), medicated ghee and oil etc.

It is important to note here that though [[Chikitsa Sthana]] relates with therapeutics, each chapter provides a brief etio-pathogenesis along with symptomatology, prognosis and classification of the disease before delving into its detailed treatment. In therapeutic chapters a general pattern is adopted to describe the management: The first principle of treatment (''chikitsa sutra'') of that particular disease is given in terms of ''langhana'' or ''brimhana, snehana'' or ''rukshana, svedana'' or ''stambhana'' and concerned measures of ''shodhana'' followed by their judicious use in particular state and stage of the disease. It is followed by description of single or compound preparations along with their constituents, method of preparation and indications. The drugs are mentioned in the form of fresh juice and paste, powder, tablet, decoctions, ''avaleha'' (jam), ''asava'' (fermented preparations mainly from juices), ''arishta'' (fermented preparations mainly from decoctions), medicated ghee and oil etc.