A Critical Review of Udanavayu in the Modern Perspective
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The purpose of Ayurveda science is to maintain the health of the healthy and cure disease of diseased. In Ayurveda a person is said to be healthy when Dosha, Agni, Dhatu, all the physiological process are in homeostatic state and soul, sense organ and mind are in a state of total wellbeing. Vata dosha acts as yantratantradhara which means in its normal stateit maintains the function of organs and organ systems. Among five vata dosha, udana vayu is located in urah(thorax region), and travel across nasa (nasal passage), nabhi (umblicus), and gala (throat region). It is responsible for the production of speech, effort, energy and maintenance of strength required for the purpose. It also helps in remembrance of vocabulary required to make the speech meaningful. That’s why it is considered as pavanottama. It collaborates with prana and vyana vayu to perform most of its functions. All the functions of udana vayu can be compared with physiological functions of anatomical structure of contemporary modern medical science. Basically Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, thymus gland, serotonin like happy hormone, motor area of cerebral cortex and other structures might be compared with the functions of udana vayu. Very few works have been accomplished on conceptual features of vata. In this article an attempt has been made to correlate the physiological activity of udana vayu with modern medical science. For this study, the basic materials have been collected from the Ayurvedic classics with the available commentaries, as well as Text books of contemporary modern medical science have been referred for better understanding of the concept and its comparison with contemporary science.
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Pritam Moharana, Rakesh Roushan
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