Survey on Ayurvedic formulations used for treatment of various diseases

Abstract

Ayur' means 'Life' and 'Veda' means 'Science'. Thus Ayurveda is the 'Science of Life'. Ayurveda helps the healthy person to maintain health and the diseased person to regain health. Also currently various scientists are moving towards Ayurveda to find out the treatment of various diseases and also due to various side effects concerned with allopathic system of medication.The current aim of our project work was to perform a survey on the ayurvedic formulations used for treatment of various diseases like Fever, Arthritis, Alopecia and Nephrolithiasis. For the purpose of the study a questionnaire was prepared and survey was performed on various selected areas in which various Ayurveda practitioners were asked about various formulations for the treatment of these diseases. The responses obtained from the doctors were arranged in the tabular format and arranged graphically to find out various inferences.As the result of the survey it was found that most of the people Ayurvedic medicines as almost all ayurvedic medicine has no any side effect and no drug dependence and drug tolerance which is very common in allopathic medicine. Also ayurvedic medication system is traditional and has a good history of recovery from the ancient time.Â