ARYAVAIDYAN

A QUARTERLY JOURNAL ON AYURVEDA AND ALLIED SCIENCES

VAIDYARATNAM P.S.VARIER’S
ARYA VAIDYA SALA, KOTTAKKAL
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A QUARTERLY JOURNAL ON AYURVEDA AND ALLIED SCIENCES

ISSN 0970 - 4086; Vol. XXXI, No. 1; August - October 2017

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 CONTENTS

Basic research in °yurvedic formulations provides new insights and opens

potentially significant novel therapeutic applications
Lakhotia S. C. ...................................................................................................................................................................05

Pages from V°gbha∂a

Ramankutty C. ................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Anticataractous action of Vimalavarti as aµjana in senile immature cataract

Praveen Balakrishnan, Ashwini M. J., Amarnath H. K. and Swamy G.. K. ............................................................ 18

A pharmaceutico-analytical and antimicrobial study of øil°jatu

Prakash Deshpande R. and Siddhinandan Mishra .................................................................................................... 26

Rhizosphere management for higher root production and quality constituents in

aøvagandha (Withania somnifera L. Dunal)
Ashiba A. and Anilkumar A. S. ..................................................................................................................................... 31

Determination of rasapaµcaka of unknown dravya

Rashmi M., Oommen Sara Monsy and Shincymol V. V. ......................................................................................... 35

Assessment of nephroprotective activity of Vilv°di guΩika in lead acetate induced

toxicity - an experimental study
Shubha P. U., Sudheendra Honwad V., Shrinidhi R., Ravi Mundugaru and Ravishankar B. ........................... 43

Flexible management protocols- stepping stone for a budding clinician

Rahul Nair R. ....................................................................................................................................................................50
Book review - Àyurvedic inheritance: A Reader's Companion by M. S. Valiathan
Reviewed by Murali K. .................................................................................................................................................. 55

PAGES FROM DHANVANTARI

A pain reliever
Kunjhikkanaran Vaidyar A. K., Thalassery................................................................................................................. 62

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Reference to article, pages 05 - 09

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 RESEARCH STUDY
¡ryavaidyan, Vol XXXI, No. 1, August - October 2017, Pages 05 - 09

Basic research in °yurvedic formulations provides new insights

and opens potentially significant novel therapeutic applications
Lakhotia S. C.

ABSTRACT: The long practiced traditional healthcare systems like °yurveda are regaining popularity.
However, there is a strong need to supplement these largely experience-based practices with evidence-based
findings. Àyurvedic biology initiative, started a little over a decade ago, provides a great opportunity for
achieving the much needed synthesis of traditional healthcare systems with modern science and medical
practices. Several such studies in recent years have demonstrated the usefulness of such approaches by
providing cell and molecular biological insights into the observed effects of textual formulations like
Àmalak¢ras°yana and Rasasind£ra. More significantly, such findings have strongly indicated their novel
therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative disorders and cardiac conditions. These studies also provide
a convenient system for developing biological quality control assays. More such integrative and collabo-
rative studies would promote a much wider global visibility and reliability of °yurveda.
Key words: Àmalak¢ras°yana, Rasasind£ra

Introduction healthcare system and, thereby, reinterpret those

Àyurvedic practices and formulations have been in
vogue for a very long time in India. Recent times
have witnessed an increasing interest in traditional
health practices. However, in spite of its antiquity
and popularity, the current understanding of much
of the °yurvedic practices and the various
formulations used are dependent more upon
experience-based information rather than
experiment-based evidences.1,2
There is no doubt that the modern medicine has roots
in the diverse traditional healthcare systems,
including °yurveda. However, some degree of
mutual suspicion and contempt is often expressed by
practitioners of modern and traditional medical
systems because of the perceived differences in their
underlying approaches and philosophies. There is a
strong need to correlate these different languages and
philosophies to find the commonalities. The
practitioners of °yurveda need to understand human
biology as we understand today, and at the same time,
the scientists and modern medicine practitioners need
to appreciate the holistic approach of °yurvedic
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principles in our current understanding of sciences.
Scientific enquiry needs to be unbiased and based on
good experimental planning. In order to revive the
true spirit of °yurveda and gain from its advantages,
in-depth studies of the ancient texts combined with
experimental and rational studies to understand the
significance and biological effects of the various
°yurvedic formulations and practices are needed. The
remarkable developments in biomedical and material
sciences in recent decades provide great opportunities
to understand °yurvedic principles. Instead of the
usual reductionist approach of molecular biology,
holistic and integrative analyses are needed to establish
the efficacy, mechanisms of actions and quality
control of the diverse °yurvedic ras°yanas and other
formulations. The availability of a variety of
experimental model systems provides great
opportunities for examining the molecular, cellular
and physiological effects of the various °yurvedic
therapies and formulations.
In this context, the emergence of °yurvedic biology
during the past 10-15 years is very significant.1,3 These
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