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 Break up
– A = not
– Bheshaja = drugs
– Abheshaja = A + Bheshaja – (that which is) not a drugs
Abheshaja, thus, could 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 hassle, miseries, aspect / antagonistic results, problems 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 antagonistic results and problems instantly after their utilization i.e. they trigger unwanted side effects in very fast time
- Sanubadhana – these which trigger miseries or antagonistic results and problems or ailments after they’re used repeatedly for lengthy time frame i.e. their affect is gradual and can produce unwanted side effects after a very long time
However as a rule, Abheshaja will and may produce distress or antagonistic results, in the end and therefore not secure to make use of.
Some medicines (trendy) have been banned from manufacturing or prescription or sale and have been withdrawn from the pharmaceutical market branding them as ‘typically not secure to make use of’ since they’ve produced antagonistic results or life-threatening problems each time, in a basic inhabitants. They are often thought-about as Abheshaja.
Context & Scientific Significance
Acharya Charaka mentions Abhesaja and its sorts in the identical context as he explains Bheshaja and its sorts, in truth instantly after giving the synonyms of Bheshaja and mentioning its sorts.
By this Acharya Charaka has pointed in direction of the importance of understanding not solely Bheshaja but additionally in regards to the Abheshaja. A doctor ought to know Abheshaja to distinguish it from Bheshaja and in addition keep away from utilizing them in his scientific follow. By doing so, he would keep away from problems and undesired unwanted side 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 drawback’ in a specific individual and will not be generalized to everybody. Abheshaja is one thing which isn’t a drugs and when administered would trigger antagonistic results in everybody, in the end, 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 wouldn’t have an elaborate rationalization of Abheshaja, it is smart in understanding it from the angle of the reason obtainable for ‘Bheshaja’, since Abheshaja is reverse of Bheshaja and is all the things which Bheshaja just isn’t.
Associated Studying – ‘Bheshaja’
Associated Studying – ‘Distinction between Bheshaja and Abheshaja’
