AN APPLIED ANATOMICAL STUDY OF PURISHVAHA SROTAS AND ITS MOOLA

Abstract

Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest holistic (whole body) healing therapies. It was developed thousands of years ago in India. Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient system of health care. Srotas is unique concept of fundamental structures available in Ayurveda without which one cannot survive. It is one of the basic developmental units for keeping the body fit. According to Ayurveda the function of Purisha is to support (Upastambh) Sharir and Dharan of Agni and Vata. Keeping in mind the importance of Purisha and Sharir it is important to know Purishvaha Srotas in anatomical aspect. The applied anatomy of Purish Vaha Srotas is very well described in Ayurvedic classics in a scattered manner in Kshudra roga, stricture of anus “Sannirudhaguda”, Arsha or heamorrhoids , bhagander or fistula in ano and Guda Vidhradhi etc are the conditions related with the vitiation of Purishvaha Srotas. In present scenario sedentary life style, abrupt quality and timing of diet leads to disturbance in anatomy of Purishvaha Srotas causing several type of anorectal disorders. The approach in the present work has been to review all the conceptual aspect of Purishvaha Srotas along with its applied aspect