A Comprehensive Review of Urdhwaga Amlapitta

Authors

  • Neetu Chauhan M. D Scholar, PG, Department of Panchakarma, Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College And Hospital, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. Author
  • Ashish Mehta Professor and Head, PG, Department of Panchakarma, Shri Krishna Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. Author

Keywords:

Aahar-vihar, Amlapitta, Annavaha srotas, Gastritis, Hyperacidity

Abstract

Amlapitta is one of the most common and familiar diseases of Annavaha srotas in the present era. In this modernized  and competitive world, each person is living an unhealthy and stressful life. Materialistic lifestyles provoke people to  run behind a busy and stressful schedule. The new lifestyles toward which modernized population gets attracted are  far away from the dincharya, ratricharya, and ritucharya along with aahar vihar as suggested in samhitas which is  necessity for a healthy life. These days people are easily attracted towards the junk foods along with huge changes  in their dietary pattern leading to Amlapitta which itself is a very troublesome disease and can give rise to many  serious complications if not treated in time. The cardinal features of amlapitta are avipaka (indigestion), hritakantha  daha (heart and throat burn) and tikta- amlodgara(sour and bitter belching). Sign and symptoms of Amlapitta are in  resemblance with gastritis, hyperacidity, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcer, duodenal ulcer etc. modern  text have different pathophysiology’s to aforementioned gastro-intestinal diseases. Whereas in ayurveda all of these  can be solely studied under the concept of amlapitta. Compared to modern management, ayurvedic management of  the disease is much bigger hope Hence, the main aim is to understand the concept and line of treatment in accordance  with each disease representation. 

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Published

2023-11-30

How to Cite

Chauhan, N., & Mehta, A. (2023). A Comprehensive Review of Urdhwaga Amlapitta. International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga, 6(11), 49–54. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/irjay/article/view/12777