Comprehensive Overview of Indian Traditional Medicine Systems and Their Use of Medicinal Plants

greetings to all Learners myself associate professor Government College of Pharmacy Maharashtra welcome you to

the self-paced course Indian traditional medicine aerobatic plants recognized by the swayam and approved by the AI City

Delhi under this course week one Indian traditional medicine system lecture one

introduction to the ayurveda siddha Irani Homeopathy system we are going to learn about this systems and its

emphasis on the use of the medicinal plants as a herbal remedies these two of medicinal plants dates

backs to ancient times as humans have always sought remedies from the natural world to treat the various elements

the modern medicine often draws the inspiration from these ancient practices World Health Organization also

recognized and asked to integrate this traditional medicine systems into the main Healthcare System India is Rich

tradition of using the medicinal plants and most of the medicine systems from the India heavily relies on the use of

medicinal plants for the healing purpose the ayush is acronym that stands for ayurveda yoga naturopathy siddha and

Homeopathy and they have been practiced in India for centuries and are officially recognized by the government

of India is a let's begin with the most popular Indian traditional medicine system that is ayurveda which recognizes

the use of plants in combination with other lifestyle practices to maintain the Optimal Health and well-being most

important ancient Authority writings on ayurveda archery Etc

elaborates more about human body and Associated diseases as well as lifestyle um describes about the surgery it is

evoluted after the effects of the bar and it describes about 300 different kinds of operation like the

hemorodoptomi amputations plastic surgery immunoplasty ophthalmic surgeries lithotomic surgeries and

obstetrical procedures it also describes about 121 different type of the surgical instruments that we can see in this

image and these are inspired from the shape of the beaks or nails of the birds and animals and they are also named

after these particular birds and animals like the crocodile forcep or hogsbill forces

his first time suggested to use the wine and cannabis to introduce the Anastasia this is the first kind of mention in the

history of Medicine has also suggested the use of dead body dissection to learn the human body more

effectively and this is also the first time the history of the medicine the theory of ayurveda revolves around

that is relates with the five senses as well as the five organs an imbalance

human body to the various disease conditions pulse reading or Nadi pariksha is a most important tool with

the diagnosis as per the ayurvedic text and based on that various treatments are offered by the ayurvedic Physicians that

is Yoga restricted diet and medications are specifically made up of the various

plant medicines and this way there is a lot importance of the medicinal plants in

next popular system in India it is a siddha system which is the oldest medical system known to the mankind even

before the ayurveda and which is found to be flourished in Vedic and in this Valley Civilization most of this

literature of siddha system is in a Tamil language and it is found to be evolved in the Tamil Nadu region of the

India 18 siddhas means 18 spiritual gurus develop this system so it is called as a siddha system and is

considered to be the guru of all siddas manuscript is the most ancient authenticate writing of the siddha

system and according to this writing it is uh considered that the Lord Shiva has first time elaborated this system to his

wife Parvati and then there's sir muruga he passed this knowledge to his discipline says

educated 18th Siddharth human being got this knowledge from 18 siddharth's siddhas have to get siddhi means

attainment of the natural powers generally the basic principle of the medicine are almost similar but siddha

system explains in detail about the various basic treatments of disease while surgery like modern treatments are

practice and written in detail in ayurveda siddha medicine also classifies physiological components of the human

being said the system is based on 96 principles and out of this

is more important under normal conditions the ratio between the vatapita and kapha is four as two to as

to one respectively siddha deals with the thousands of herbs animals minerals metals and their

combinations siddha system believes that the health is perfect state of mental health moral

and spiritual component it is based on Anda Pinda means relationship between the universe and the human bodies

Siddharth are called as white theaters and the diagnosis of siddha system is again based on the most important tool

that is a pulse reading that is a nari pariksha it also observes the human body for its varanam color it's tongue that

is a faces that is swara that is voice parisham touch and near that is a urine so based on the diagnosis the treatments

are offered and the treatments includes the panchakarma yoga restricted or satwik diet and the which is called as

the increase shows arrogant Behavior paralysis heart attack or increase with the show's graying of hair anemia and

stability the siddha medicines are divided into the three categories first one it is

inorganic and janganam that is the animal internal as well as external medicines

are divided into the 32 32 categories each separately pressure or massage techniques are also the part of a

treatment which is called and there are about one zero eight Verma points to pressure the techniques the treatment

classified into the three categories that is a devam rutham which is a Divine method where the medicine prepared from

the metals and minerals come under this particular method for the treatment and this medicine required in very small

quantity and they have the very quick effect on the human body and they give the quick results for that particular

diseases next it is which is a rational method where herbal medicines are used which can be in the

form of a churna or vedaka and these medicines have the definite lifespan or shelf life

dose also vary according to the person and they compromise about the 32 types of 22 internal medicines and 12 external

medicines next it is the method of treatment it is the Asura maruthu that is a surgical methods surgical methods

involve the incision excisions or use of the Heat or release and these treatments depend upon the person to person

diagnosis this is the system emphasizes preparation of the fresh medicine most

of the medicines medicines are combined with the plants or the plant extracts and these are along with this some type

of the restricted satwik diet mixed traditional medicine system is the unani system which is also called as the

Irani tip or unani medicine physicians such as races and even none of his develop this system

the most ancient authenticate books on Irani systems are the centers the Canon of medicine that is the first book on

general means of treatment which describes the treatments are done in three ways and the second book gives

rather the detail pharmacological and pharmaceutical therapeutic characteristics of 811 drugs among which

about 594 drugs are of a plant origin bacterian principle of medicine involves the concept of the four humors that is

the blood yellow bile black fragile and which relates with the four different organ seasons and age which also relates

with the different elements that is a air fire earth and water and thus it also suggests the temperament which is

whether it is the Sun Win choleric male and organic or phlegenic the humerus and the open ear blood sedimentation takes

test exhibits the close relation where the dark clot at the bottom resembles the black pile a layer of unclotted

erythrocyte resembles the blood a layer of white blood cells resembles the phlegium and the layer of clear yellow

syrup resembles the yellow black unani system has this concept of in any system of four humors has given them more light

on the various blood related diseases and disorders it has been uh expected that abnormality

in humor leads to the disease conditions in the human body and the diagnosis of these various diseases of the human body

is after the observation of the seven components that is the elements temperament humors organs faculties

Spirits functions and then the unani physician Hakim asked the detailed history and then decides the treatment

after diagnosing the disease the treatment involves either to eliminate the cause which is called as the ill is

and they normalize the humerus that is the delay or to normalize the tissues which is called as the delay Azam

the method of treatment involves the medication medication of the essential prerequisite of Health which is called

as the ilaj bill tadpir or panchakarma or pharmacotherapy that is use of the plant animal and mineral

origin drugs either alone or in combination are prescribed that is a surgery certain surgical

interventions are part of the treatment involves use of a simple physical means to cure the diseases some of the

techniques which are used in Elizabeth that is a regimental therapy include the his Maha which is called as a cupping

that you can see in this picture then first there is a many sections or Tariq sweating either evil that is a dioses

that is a Turkish bath or talak that is a massage and Etc the United recess pumps can be solid in liquid or it can

be semi-solid like the Tila that is a line that is

a decoction hub that is a pills system plays very important role by utilizing the various medicinal plants

either alone or in combination with the animal products or the minerals to cure the human

next uh Indian system it is the Homeopathy system which is uh resent system as compared to the ayurveda

siddha or Indonesia system Homeopathy means system of similarities suffering because homeium is similar and pathos

means suffering German physician Samuel henmann first started the basic principle of Homeopathy in 1796 which is

also known as the law of similars means lead like be cured by like this system was developed by the Dr Samuel henmann

in Germany and it was mentioned in the book The Curative powers of drugs and some examination of the previous

principles which was based on a study of effect of synchrona on his body where the actual found the law of similar

which indicates the similar between the drug and the disease systems involves the use of the

medicines that are not having any relation with the symptoms of the diseases but in Homeopathy Dr Samuel

hanman has suggested that the picture of symptoms of the drug in a normal healthy human being should match with the

disease symptoms and this is most of the uh interesting part of the theory and

principle of the homeopathy Homeopathy revolves around around the seven principles enter that first it is

the principle of individualization where no two individuals in the world are alike so the disease affecting two

integers cannot be similar and so the medicine used to cure the same pieces in the different individuals should not be

same it should be different next principle it is the principle of similar means the medicine should produce the

similar symptom of a disease in a healthy individual and then it should be used to treat the

particular disease then the principle of minimum dose that minimum medicine at a time without any combination with the

minimal direction should be used law of proving explains that t medicine should have the capacity to produce the disease

state in the healthy individual and the law of dynamization or drug dynamization involves the medicine should preserve

the normal state of healthy body after the disease conditions vital force Theory describes that medicine should

have the capacity to arouse the sufficient energy to maintain the health of the body after the treatment the

diagnosis in the Homeopathy was the detailed history of detail complete hereditary history of the patient as

well as observation of the moods appeared skin eyes trunks blood urine Etc the treatment involves the use of

the plant material microorganic exams animal materials or animal secretions tissues cell lines Etc

even the hormones are also utilized in the Homeopathy such a text truths are there homeopathic preparation involves

the dynamization or potentiations where the substance is diluted with alcohol or distilled water and then vigorously

shaken in the process called as the succession there is a use of certain logarithmic scale that is a d d h or X

or that is a CCH K or c k under these dilutions it is it is to be considered that when the letters dth or X are used

then this should be used to One S to 10 decimal dilutions while CCH or k or c k they are to be successive relations one

to hundred that is a sentissimal dilutions while the Q or LM that denotes the successive dilations from 1 to 50

000 1 to 50 000 in this the different dilutions are mentioned in the Homeopathy minimum drug

single drug no combinations or rare combinations are allowed in the homeopathy

plants are widely utilized in Homeopathy system to cure the human being next recently added a traditional system

it is the sovaric power object system of medicine uh it is one of the oldest and well documented system of traditional

medicine system in the world the term soarika is derived from the bhuti language which means knowledge of

healing and it is believed to be originated from India from the bhagwan Buddha and it is having the significance

Healthcare System practiced the uh systems is found to be practiced in Tibet Mongolia Bhutan some parts of

China Nepal Himalaya regions of India and few parts of former Soviet Union fourth that is a youth C is the

fundamental textbook of the sovarikba system of medicines and it describes next here are the different ayurvedic

formulations and as per the cdsco drugs and Cosmetics at these shelf life are given there are the various solid

semi-solid and liquid doses forms mentioned in the ayurveda are elaborated in this table

that is shelf life's expected shelf life as per the drugs and cosmetic apps or cdsu

rules ayush rules these are mentioned this all various formulations till date are available through the various unani

Pharmacy or siddha Pharmacy ayurvedic pharmacies and these are utilized by the

patients from the India as well as nearby countries even in various parts of the world to cure the various

diseases and they have found to be very beneficial to the human being most of these formulations involves the use of

the medicinal plants today we have learned about the various systems of medicines that are

traditionally known ayurveda siddha yunani Homeopathy and these medicine systems have emphasis

on use of the medicinal plants either alone or in combination with the minerals metals and animal products to

cure the various types of diseases or prevent diseases thank you