A fundamental and applied study of swedana in brihatrayee w.s.r.to shishir ritu swedana in pradhana deha prakriti

Abstract

Different Prakruti predominant individuals have different range of Swedagama. Prakruti is defined as the innate constitution of the individual in relation with his Dosha predominance which is determined at the time of conception i.e. during the Shukra and Shonita Samyoga and which cannot be changed from birth till death. Therefore an effort has been done to assess the variation of Swedagama in different Prakruti Aims and Objectives: 1. To assess the status of Swedagama in different Prakruti. 2. To assess in which Prakruti Swedagama occurs in small duration. Study Design: The survey was conducted on the healthy volunteers from Parul Institute of Ayurveda Vadodara with the age group of 18-30 yrs. 30 students each of Vata pradhana Pitta Prakruti, Kapha Pradhana pitta Prakruti ,vata pradhana kapha Prakruti ,and kapha pradhana vata Prakruti they were selected randomly based on the standard questionnaire which was prepared for the Prakruti analysis. Thereafter Swedagama was analysed in these Prakruti with the help of Swedana Procedure in the Sishira Ritu and was properly noted in the concerned questionnaire. Results: The results show significant relationship between Prakruti and Swedagama. Interpretations: Among the different Prakruti , vata pradhan pitta Prakruti takes less time for swedagana which may be due to Sukshma Guna, Sheegra Guna, Chala Guna of vata dosha with Teekshna Guna, Ushna Guna & Drava guna of pitta dosha  2nd kapha-pitta may be due to sthira guna, manda guna of kapha dosha and teekshna guna, ushna,drava guna of pitta dosha.  3rd vata-kapha may be due to sukshma guna sheegra guna, chalaguna of vata dosha and sthira guna, manda guna of kapha dosha.  4th kapha-vata may be due to sthira guna, manda guna of kapha dosha and sukshma guna sheegra guna, chala guna of vata dosha.  Among the different Prakruti, Kapha-vata Prakruti takes more time for Swedagama may be due to Sthira Guna,Manda Guna of Kapha Dosha and Sukshma Guna, Sheegra Guna, Chala guna of Vata Dosha.  2nd vata-kapha may be due to Sukshma Guna, Sheegra Guna, Chala guna of Vata Dosha and Sthira Guna, Manda Guna of Kapha Dosha.