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Review
. 2011 Feb;17(2):88-94.
doi: 10.1007/s11655-011-0659-5. Epub 2011 Mar 9.

Plant-based Rasayana drugs from Ayurveda

Subramani Paranthaman Balasubramani  1 , Padma Venkatasubramanian, Subrahmanya Kumar Kukkupuni, Bhushan Patwardhan
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Plant-based Rasayana drugs from Ayurveda

Subramani Paranthaman Balasubramani et al. Chin J Integr Med. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

Rasayana tantra is one of the eight specialties of Ayurveda. It is a specialized practice in the form of rejuvenative recipes, dietary regimen, special health promoting behaviour and drugs. Properly administered Rasayana can bestow the human being with several benefits like longevity, memory, intelligence, freedom from diseases, youthful age, excellence of luster, complexion and voice, optimum strength of physique and sense organs, respectability and brilliance. Various types of plant based Rasayana recipes are mentioned in Ayurveda. Review of the current literature available on Rasayanas indicates that anti-oxidant and immunomodulation are the most studied activities of the Rasayana drugs. Querying in Pubmed database on Rasayanas reveals that single plants as well as poly herbal formulations have been researched on. This article reviews the basics of Rasayana therapy and the published research on different Rasayana drugs for specific health conditions. It also provides the possible directions for future research.

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