REVIEW ON THE CONCEPT OF IMMUNOMODULATION IN AYURVEDA WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PRAKARA YOGA
AbstractAn immunomodulator can be defined as a substance, which can influence any constituent or function of the immune system in a specific or nonspecific manner including both innate or adaptive arms of the immune response. The Ayurvedic system of medicine details the concept of immunomodulation by the term Rasayana. The use of herbs for improving the overall resistance of body against common infections and pathogens has been a guiding principle of Ayurveda. Such herbs possessing immunomodulatory effects are referred to as Rasayana in Ayurvedic classics. Prakara Yoga is a chapter in one of the prime traditional Ayurvedic pediatric text book – Arogyakalpadruma. The whole content of Prakara Yoga chapter deals with different immunomodulatory recipes and procedures to be adopted right from the day after delivery. This paper is a review on the various concepts of immunomodulation detailed in the very same book along with the pharmacological studies conducted so far in this arena.
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IJPSR
G.R. Arun Raj*, U Shailaja , Prasanna N. Rao and S. Ajayan
Post graduate Scholar, Department of PG Studies in Kaumarabhritya, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan-573201, Karnataka, India
drdrarunraj26@gmail.com
06 November, 2013
12 February, 2014
09 March, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.5(4).1116-23
01April 2014
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