RASAVAHA SHROTA DUSTI

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RASAVAHASROTAS – CHANNELS CARRYING THE ESSENCE OF NUTRITION 

ACCORDING TO SUSHRUTA –

Rasa vahasrotas or channels carrying the nutritive essence to every part of the body are 2 in number. They have their roots in –

Hrudaya – Heart

Rasa vahinidhamanees – the arteries carrying the rasa to every part of the body 

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SYMPTOMS

SYMPTOMS OF DAMAGE TO RASAVAHASROTAS –

Shosha – emaciation

Pranavahasrotasviddhalakshana – symptoms similar to those occurring due to injury to Pranavahasrotas

Maranam – death

According to Charaka –

The root of origin of AnnavahaSrotas lies in –

Hridaya – Heart and

DashaDhamanis – 10 great arteries taking their origin from heart and successively divide into small branches as they get distributed all through the body

SYMPTOMS OF VITIATION OF RASAVAHASROTAS –

Ashraddha – lack of interest in the food

Aruchi – tastelessness

Aasyavairasya – feeling of weird tastes in the mouth

Arasagnata – failure to identify any taste

Hrullasa – watering of mouth, excessive salivation, nausea

Gourava – heaviness

Tandra – drowsiness

Angamarda – pain in body parts

Jwara – fever

Tama – feeling of darkness before the eyes

Pandutva – anaemia

Srotorodha – block in multiple channels of the body

Klaibya – impotence

Saada – fatigue, stoppage of working of organs and tissues

Krushangataa – emaciation

Nashoagnehe – destruction of agni, the metabolic fire

Vali – premature wrinkling of skin

Palita – premature greying of hairs 

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CAUSES OF VITIATION OF RASAVAHASROTAS – 

Guru aahara – heavy foods

Sheetaaahara – cold foods

Atisnigdha – excessive consumption of oily foods

Atimaatram – eating in excess

Atichintanaat – excessive thinking (stress) 

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MANAGEMENT OF VITIATION OF RASAVAHASROTAS – 

In the management of vitiation of Rasavahasrotas and the disorders of their origin, all types of Langhana should be followed.

Langhana means lightening therapies (which produce lightness in the body). Langhana is of 10 types.

They are:

Vamana – therapeutic emesis

Virechana – therapeutic purgation

Shirovirechana (nasya) – nasal medications

Niruhavasti – evacuation or cleansing enemas

Pipaasa – not drinking water

Maruta – exposure to breeze

Aatapa – exposure to sunlight

Paachana – medicines or treatments which can digest and destroy ama (metabolic wastes)

Upavasa – starvation

Vyaayaama – exercise