ROLE OF AYURVEDIC SPICES, HERBS AND HERBAL PRODUCTS IN HEALTH CARE N.SRIKANTH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR M.M.Padhi Dy.DIRECTOR G.S.Lavekar Ex- DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA AND SIDDHA Department of AYUSH Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Govt. of India
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ROLE OF AYURVEDIC SPICES, HERBS AND HERBAL PRODUCTS IN HEALTH CARE
N.SRIKANTH
ASSISTANT DIRECTORM.M.Padhi Dy.DIRECTORG.S.Lavekar Ex- DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA AND SIDDHA Department of AYUSHMinistry of Health & Family Welfare Govt. of India
HEALTH CARE PRACTICES HAVE EVOLVED ON THW BASIS
• Culture
• Philosophy
• Geographical conditions
• Flora & fauna and mineral resources
HEALTH CARE PRACTICES HAVE EVOLVED ON THW BASIS
• Culture
• Philosophy
• Geographical conditions
• Flora & fauna and mineral resources
HEALTH CARE PRACTICESHEALTH CARE PRACTICES
Plants, metals, minerals and animal products are extremely used in alleviating the wide range of disease conditions.
Use of natural products of medicinal value can be traced from remote past.
Man has been in pursuit of new substances that could cure illness and promote health and longevity.
AYURVEDA, one such science that philosophies is not merely treating the illness, but counter balancing the disequilibria that results in disease.
Plants, metals, minerals and animal products are extremely used in alleviating the wide range of disease conditions.
Use of natural products of medicinal value can be traced from remote past.
Man has been in pursuit of new substances that could cure illness and promote health and longevity.
AYURVEDA, one such science that philosophies is not merely treating the illness, but counter balancing the disequilibria that results in disease.
HISTORICAL PROSPECTIVE
AYURVEDAAYURVEDA
• Science of life
•a comprehensive system of health care of great antiquity
• based on experiential knowledge and grown with perpetual additions• Original dimensions of Ayurveda are in built in the ancient compendia of Indian
wisdom called Vedas - 6000 years back.
• Science of life
•a comprehensive system of health care of great antiquity
• based on experiential knowledge and grown with perpetual additions• Original dimensions of Ayurveda are in built in the ancient compendia of Indian
wisdom called Vedas - 6000 years back.
The knowledge expanded further had evolved fundamentals and concepts of Ayurveda and systematization in classical texts like Charak Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Astanga Sangraha.
The knowledge expanded further had evolved fundamentals and concepts of Ayurveda and systematization in classical texts like Charak Samhita, Sushruta Samhita and Astanga Sangraha.
Present form of Ayurveda is the outcome of continued scientific inputs that has gone in to the evolution of its principles, theories and guidelines of healthy living and disease management.
Present form of Ayurveda is the outcome of continued scientific inputs that has gone in to the evolution of its principles, theories and guidelines of healthy living and disease management.
India is one of the 12 mega biodiversity centres having over 45,000 plant species.
• 16 different agroclimatic zones• 10 vegetative zones and • 15 biotic provinces
Our country has • 5,000–18,000 flowering plants• 23,000 fungi• 2500 algae• 1600 lichens• 1800 bryophytes and • 30 million micro-organisms5.
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals – Industry Highlights Incorporating Patent Information, CDRI, Lucknow, 1998, vol. 21, pp. 33–34.
India is one of the 12 mega biodiversity centres having over 45,000 plant species.
• 16 different agroclimatic zones• 10 vegetative zones and • 15 biotic provinces
Our country has • 5,000–18,000 flowering plants• 23,000 fungi• 2500 algae• 1600 lichens• 1800 bryophytes and • 30 million micro-organisms5.
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals – Industry Highlights Incorporating Patent Information, CDRI, Lucknow, 1998, vol. 21, pp. 33–34.
Indian biodiversity – Medicinal Flora Indian biodiversity – Medicinal Flora
SPICES SPICES
Definition:
A spice is a
- dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetative substance - used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive - for the purpose of taste, flavour, colour, or as a preservative
Definition:
A spice is a
- dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetative substance - used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive - for the purpose of taste, flavour, colour, or as a preservative
Uses of spices in AyurvedaUses of spices in Ayurveda• Dietary products
28. Sweta maricha White pepper Piper longum Linn. Piperaceae
29. Tila Sesame seedSesamum indicum Linn.
Pedaliaceae
Sl. No.
Sanskrit name English name Latin Name Family
Name Chief Constituents
Arecanut Catechin, Arecolin
Asafoetida Mixed Allyl sulphides
Caraway Carvone
Cardamom Cineol, Borneol, Camphor
Celery Limonene
Chillies and
capsicum Capsaicin
Cinnamon bark Cinnamaldehyde
Name Chief Constituents
Arecanut Catechin, Arecolin
Asafoetida Mixed Allyl sulphides
Caraway Carvone
Cardamom Cineol, Borneol, Camphor
Celery Limonene
Chillies and
capsicum Capsaicin
Cinnamon bark Cinnamaldehyde
CHIEF CONSTITUENTS OF IMPORTANT SPICES CHIEF CONSTITUENTS OF IMPORTANT SPICES
DIETARY SPICES IN HEALTH AND DISEASES : I, Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 2008; 52 (2) : 106–122
Name Chief Constituents
Cinnamon leaves Eugenol
Clove Eugenol
Coriander leaf Decyladehyde
Coriander seeds Decyladehyde
Cumin, white Cinnamaldehyde
Curry leaf Pinene; dipentene
Dill Dillephole, Carvone
Name Chief Constituents
Cinnamon leaves Eugenol
Clove Eugenol
Coriander leaf Decyladehyde
Coriander seeds Decyladehyde
Cumin, white Cinnamaldehyde
Curry leaf Pinene; dipentene
Dill Dillephole, Carvone
Name Chief Constituents
Fennel Anethole, bitter alkaloid
Garlic Dilalkyl and trisulphides, Allicin
Ginger Camphene, Zingiberene,
Mace Pinene, camphene
Mustard Thioglucosides,
Nutmeg Myristicin, Geraniol,
Name Chief Constituents
Fennel Anethole, bitter alkaloid
Garlic Dilalkyl and trisulphides, Allicin
Ginger Camphene, Zingiberene,
Mace Pinene, camphene
Mustard Thioglucosides,
Nutmeg Myristicin, Geraniol,
CHIEF CONSTITUENTS OF IMPORTANT SPICES CHIEF CONSTITUENTS OF IMPORTANT SPICES
Name Chief Constituents
Onion Alkyl Disulphide
Poppy Opioids
Saffron Picrocrocin
Tamarind Tartaric Acid, Glucose
Turmeric Curcumin, Zingiberene
Name Chief Constituents
Onion Alkyl Disulphide
Poppy Opioids
Saffron Picrocrocin
Tamarind Tartaric Acid, Glucose
Turmeric Curcumin, Zingiberene
Spices – Therapeutic uses
Medicinal properties of spices recognized for a long time__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Spice Medicinal Properties______________________________________________________________________________________ Turmeric Anti-inflammatory, diuretic, laxative, good for affections of the liver, jaundice,(Curcuma longa) diseases of blood, wound healing, Asthma, other respiratory infections.
Red pepper Anti-inflammatory, for pain relief (Rheumatism & neuralgia); (Capsicum annuum) useful in indigestion, rubefacient.
Garlic Anti-dyspeptic, anti-flatulant, for ear infection, as rubefacient in skin diseases,(Allium sativum) anti-hypertensive Onion Diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, for bleeding piles(Allium cepa) Fenugreek Diuretic, emmenagogue, emollient, anti-diabeticuseful in heart diseases.(T. foenum-graecum)
Asava & AristaDefinition: Asavas and Aristas are meidicinal preparations made by soaking the drugs, either in powder form or in the form of deocoction (Kashaya), in a solution of sugar or jaggery, as the case may be, for a specified period of time, during which it undergoes a process of fermentation generating alcohol, thus facilitating the extraction of the active principles contained in the drugs. The alcohol, so generated, also serves as a preservative.
Asava & AristaDefinition: Asavas and Aristas are meidicinal preparations made by soaking the drugs, either in powder form or in the form of deocoction (Kashaya), in a solution of sugar or jaggery, as the case may be, for a specified period of time, during which it undergoes a process of fermentation generating alcohol, thus facilitating the extraction of the active principles contained in the drugs. The alcohol, so generated, also serves as a preservative.
Abhayarista Amritarista
Aravindasava Asokarista
Aswagandhadyarista Ahiphenasava
Usherasava Kanakasava
Karpurasava Kutajarista
Kumaryasava
ArkaDefinition: Arka is a liquid preparation obtained by distillation of certain liquids or drugs soaked in water using the Arkayantra or any convenient modern distillation apparatus.
ArkaDefinition: Arka is a liquid preparation obtained by distillation of certain liquids or drugs soaked in water using the Arkayantra or any convenient modern distillation apparatus.
Avaleha or LehaDefinition: Avaleha or Lehya is a semi-solid preparation of drugs, prepared with addition of jaggery, sugar or sugar-candy and boiled with prescribed drug juice or decoction.
Avaleha or LehaDefinition: Avaleha or Lehya is a semi-solid preparation of drugs, prepared with addition of jaggery, sugar or sugar-candy and boiled with prescribed drug juice or decoction.
Ajamodarka Karpuradyarka
Jatamamsyarka Misreyarka
Agastya Haritaki Aswagandhadi lehya
Eladya Modaka Kantakaryavalehya
Kalyanaka guda Kutajavalehya
Kusmadaka Rasayana Chyavanaprasha
Ghrita/ TailaDefinition: Ghrita/ Taila are preparations in which ghee/ oil is boiled with prescribed Kashayas (decoctions) and kalkas of drugs according to the formula. This process ensures absorption of the active therapeutic principles of the ingredients used.
Ghrita/ TailaDefinition: Ghrita/ Taila are preparations in which ghee/ oil is boiled with prescribed Kashayas (decoctions) and kalkas of drugs according to the formula. This process ensures absorption of the active therapeutic principles of the ingredients used.
Amrita ghrita Amritaprasa ghrita
Amritabhallataka ghrita Asoka ghrita
Indukanta ghrita Eladi ghrita
Kalyanaka ghrita Kasisadi ghrita
Changeri ghrita Chagalyadi ghrita
Jatyadi ghrita Jivantyadi ghrita
Tiktaka ghrita Triphala ghrita
Dasamula ghrita
ChurnaDefinition: Churna is a fine powder of drug or drugs.ChurnaDefinition: Churna is a fine powder of drug or drugs.
Lepa Definition: Medicines in the form of a paste used for external application are called lepas.
Lepa Definition: Medicines in the form of a paste used for external application are called lepas.