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<big>'''Sutra Sthana Chapter 24. Characteristics of Shonita (Blood), its vitiation and disorders'''</big>
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<big>'''Sutra Sthana Chapter 24. Characteristics of Shonita (Blood), its vitiation and disorders '''</big>
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<div style="text-align:justify;">Blood is important for maintaining vitality of individual. It is also the most influential factor in patho-physiology of any disease as it carries vitiated dosha leading to disease. This chapter focuses on rakta dhatu (blood tissue), delineating the characteristic features of pure blood as well as the factors influencing the formation of blood. Pure blood (Shuddha rakta)  is formed by following proper dietary habits as described in Ayurveda. Therefore, characteristics of pure blood, the causative factors for vitiation of blood, dosha specific features of vitiated blood, their treatment and procedure of bloodletting are described in this chapter. Since blood plays an important role in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, a description of ailments such as mada (intoxication/confusion), murchha (syncope), and sanyasa (coma), their pathology and courses of treatment, and mind’s role in the pathogenesis of some of these diseases have also been provided. </div>
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'''Keywords''': ''Rakta, rakta visravana, sanyasa sangyavahi srotas,'' vegetative state, ''shonita'', ''sadyaphala kriya, sangyaprabodhanam,'' pure blood, blood vitiating factors, coma, syncope, intoxication, drug addiction.
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=== Abstract ===
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This chapter focuses on ''rakta dhatu'' (blood tissue), delineating the characteristic features of pure blood as well as the factors influencing the formation of blood. ''Shuddha rakta'' (pure blood) is formed by following proper dietary habits as described in Ayurveda. Therefore, characteristics of pure blood, the causative factors for vitiation of blood, ''dosha'' specific features of vitiated blood, their treatment and procedure of bloodletting are described in this chapter. Since blood plays an important role in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, a description of ailments such as ''mada'' (intoxication/confusion), ''murchha'' (syncope), and ''sanyasa'' (coma), their pathology and courses of treatment, and mind’s role in the pathogenesis of some of these diseases have also been provided.
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'''Keywords''': ''Rakta, rakta visravana, sanyasa sangyavahi srotas,'' vegetative state, ''shonita'', ''sadyahphala kriyaah, sangyaprabodhanam,'' pure blood, blood vitiating factors, coma, syncope, intoxication, drug addiction.
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