ANUSANDHANA, NEED OF

RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA

GUIDE
PRESENTER DR. Kumar s Kantimath
Avinash Reader, Assosiate professor
Dept of shalya tantra,
Bams Final year DGM Ayurvedic Medical colllege
GADAG
DGMAMC GADAG
 ANUSANDHANA
• Anusandhana= Anu+ Sandhana
• adding or expanding
 RESEARCH
• Research can be defined as the search for
knowledge or as any systemic investigation to
establish fact
• Systematic collection,description,analyisis and
interpretation of data to answer a certain
questions or slove a problem.
Clinical Research (karma purusha )
• 1. Svastha purusha ( healthy individual )
• Prakriti, Sara, Samahana ( Desa kala )
• Mental status with respective age
• Vital DATA
• Newly introduced Food products, New varities
of grains and pulses, vegeteables , fruits,
packed food articles, Cold drinks
2.Rogi patient
WHY RESEARCH NEEDED
• Difficult task- Indiviual uniqueness
• Globalization
• Mainstream progressive science
• Renewal of scientific parameterS
• Safe effective and economical drugs
• New action of Drug or formulation
continaution
• Validate the principles and practices
• New nidana and samprapti
• New analtyical tools for quality control
• Action of currently used diectics
SCOPE OF RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA

• 1. LITERARY RESEARCH
• Historical aspect
• Manuscripts
• Search of lost literature
• Completion – incomplete literature
• Editing, translation, shuddi
• Creation of new literature
 Drug (Aushada Dravya) Research
• Drug survey
• Controversial drugs
• Mentioned in text
• Verge of extiction
• Rasapancha for folkore drugs
• New karma and therapeutic action (available
drugs)
Continaution
• New drug – new diseases
• Standardization of single or compound drugs
• Adulteration free or genuine drugs
• Revalidation on modern parameters
 B. Rogi (patient)
• Sharirika Roga
• Manasika Roga
• Social, occupational, Genetic aspects of the
patients and diseases
 C. Roga ( Disease )
• Nidanatamka aspect
• Chikitsatmaka aspect
IMPORTANT OF RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA

• Promotion of Traditional medicines by WHO

• Herbal medicinces in National Health Care
systems
• Modernal clinical evaluation are really
appropriate for carrying out good and
meaningful studies.
• Scientific advancement, Pratyaksha >
Aptopadesha
 UTILITY OF RESEARCH IN AYURVEDA

• Designing treatment protocol for NCCMD (DM

HTN obesity )
• New drug for New diseases
• New formulation for new diseases
• Indentifying new indictations
• Standardizing panchakarma procedures
• Standard operative procedures
• New holistic assement scales
• New diagnostic criteria
 Conclusion
• The reseaech in Ayurveda becomes essential
as the classical texts, the building principles
were written centuries ago.
• Globilzation of ayurveda and industrialization
of drug sector
• New drug formulations for new diseases
THANKING YOU