Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Which means of Abheshaja
Bheshaja typically means drugs. The time period additionally consists of any materials or non-material or strategies, measures and comforts which assist in curing a illness.
Bheshaja is precisely reverse of Bheshaja, by way of which means and in addition motion.
Phrase Cut up
– A = not
– Bheshaja = drugs
– Abheshaja = A + Bheshaja – (that which is) not a drugs
Abheshaja, thus, may be something –
– which isn’t a drugs
– which doesn’t remedy any illness or doesn’t have capability to take action i.e. no therapeutic advantages
– which can’t forestall a illness
– which doesn’t have capability to interrupt the cycle of pathogenesis i.e. samprapti vighatana
– which might trigger bother, miseries, facet / hostile results, issues or worsening of illness instantly after their use or after a very long time of their utilization
Kinds of Abheshaja
अभेषजं च द्विविधम् बाधनं सानुबाधनं।च.चि.१.१/५।
Abheshaja is of two sorts. They’re –
- Badhana – these which trigger miseries or hostile results and issues instantly after their utilization i.e. they trigger negative effects in very fast time
- Sanubadhana – these which trigger miseries or hostile results and issues or ailments after they’re used repeatedly for lengthy time period i.e. their affect is gradual and can produce negative effects after a very long time
However as a rule, Abheshaja will and may produce distress or hostile results, eventually and therefore not secure to make use of.
Some medicines (fashionable) have been banned from manufacturing or prescription or sale and have been withdrawn from the pharmaceutical market branding them as ‘typically not secure to make use of’ since they’ve produced hostile results or life-threatening issues each time, in a basic inhabitants. They are often thought of as Abheshaja.
Context & Scientific Significance
Acharya Charaka mentions Abhesaja and its sorts in the identical context as he explains Bheshaja and its sorts, actually instantly after giving the synonyms of Bheshaja and mentioning its sorts.
By this Acharya Charaka has pointed in the direction of the importance of realizing not solely Bheshaja but in addition concerning the Abheshaja. A doctor ought to know Abheshaja to distinguish it from Bheshaja and in addition keep away from utilizing them in his medical follow. By doing so, he would keep away from issues and undesired negative effects of remedy.
You will need to differentiate between Abheshaja and Anupashaya. Anupashaya is usually ‘a drugs not serving to therapeutically or inflicting some complication or triggering of downside’ in a specific particular person and is probably not generalized to everybody. Abheshaja is one thing which isn’t a drugs and when administered would trigger hostile results in everybody, eventually, as a rule and therefore shouldn’t be used.
Reference – Charaka Samhita Chikitsa Sthana Chapter 1, part 1, verse 5 (Cha.Chi.1.1/5)
Since we do not need an elaborate clarification of Abheshaja, it is sensible in understanding it from the angle of the reason out there for ‘Bheshaja’, since Abheshaja is reverse of Bheshaja and is every thing which Bheshaja isn’t.
Associated Studying – ‘Bheshaja’
Associated Studying – ‘Distinction between Bheshaja and Abheshaja’