A Review Article on the Role of Arshoghna Mahakashaya in the Sushka Arsha Treatment.

Abstract

Several treatises compiled throughout ancient times provide distinct modalities  and drugs in the Ayurvedic traditional text. Drugs are crucial therapeutically  because they are responsible for the overall balance of the body. The first  division of the Charak Samhitha, known as Sutrasthan or shloksthan, is divided  into eight parts. The medications are discussed in four chapters known as  Bheshajachatushka or Aushadhachatushka in the sutrasthan. The medications  are categorized here based on their pharmacological and pharmacotherapeutic  properties. Mahakashaya is a classification system for medications based on  Karmas, which is divided into fifty divisions. Arshoghan Mahakashaya is the  twelfth category of medicines thought to be useful in the treatment of piles. Sushka arsha is a condition in which a person's life is made unbearable by pain  and swelling of the pile mass, with bheshaj chikitsa being the first of all  therapies. This is a rudimentary attempt to understand how rasa, guna virya, and  prabhav of these 10 medications may work to dissolve the disease of sushka  arsha.