RELEVANCE OF RASA SHASTRA IN 21 st CENTURY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LIFESTYLE DISORDERS (LSDs )

Abstract

Lifestyle diseases (LSDs) are those conditions usually attributed to dramatic shifts in the way humans live their lives, and are an object of medical attention and thus the cause of concern. Continuous usage of conventional medici ne for these diseases may produce adverse drug reactions and hence an alternative has become the need of the hour. Rasa Shastra has flourished from medieval period, but therapeutic use of Rasa Dravyas is being explored in terms of Metallo - pharmaceutics of contemporary researches which is evident by the increasing number of researches validating it. This article focuses on the utility of Rasaushadhis and their role in the betterment of the community with special reference to LSDs.