National CME held at Dept of Pharmacology, JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha on 26-02-2015

1. Role of Technology
in Ayurveda
Role of Technology
in Health Care
Dr. K. Shiva Rama Prasad, at http://www.technoayurveda.com/
National CME held at Dept of Pharmacology,
JNMC, DMIMS, Wardha on 26-02-2015

2. Ayurveda in INDIA?
• India –
• Independent Nation Declared In August
• is BHARAT, a well civilized Nation for long
time ago when the Europe and America are
ruled by tribes
• Ayurveda, is a Health language in Scientific
“Sanskrit” for the people – by the people – to
the people
• The scientific Ayurveda developed on the
basis of Darshana (Epistemology), a
compendium science
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3. Darshana (Epistemology)
• Epistemology is defined as - the
philosophical theory of knowledge
• In fact – they are the Vedic Physics, Vedic
Chemistry, Vedic Biology, Vedic Knowledge
with Aerodynamics, Hydro dynamics,
Astronomy, etc.
• Ayurveda is known for its contribution –
Disease identification, Drug development
and Designing, micro & Nano forms of
medicine, Target oriented Medicines, etc.
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4. Ayurveda – Origin
• When mankind is with illness – not once
many times - seer Bharadwaja deputed to
fetch the Health Science knowledge from
Indra
• Why Bharadwaja?
• When so many capable are available?
• Because – the Bharadwaja is the only person
who can fly and reach Indra
• We find Bharadwaja Vaimanika shatra
describing many models of flying objects
and aerial fighters
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5. Jewels of Vedic sciences
• Agastya for Electricity
• Bharadwaja for Aerodynamics
• Kapila for Physics / Mathematics
• Goutama for Logic / Research Methods
• Kanada for chemistry / Pharmacology
• Manu for Sociology
• Viswamitra for Genetic Engineering
• Panini for Linguistics
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6. Science - Technology
Science:
• A particular branch of scientific knowledge
• Ability to produce solutions in some problem
domain
• Research into questions posed by scientific theories
and hypotheses
Technology:
• The practical application of science to commerce or
industry
• The discipline dealing with the art or science of
applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
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7. Requirement
• Few years back to get communication –
– Postal, Telephone, etc – delay in information
• development of technology –
– Offer Cell phones and television – faster
• The knowledge has to reach the end-user/ common
man /patient
• It is not necessary to know technology for the user
but the benefits must reach
• What technology is required for Medicine?
– To reach patients
– To make effective medicines
• 3 words to remember
• Knowledge – Problem Solution – Research represent
• expression – economy – eco-friendliness
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8. Relativity in technology
• As Knowledge – Problem Solution – Research giving
expression – economy and eco-friendliness
• Which side is East?
– The side sun rises or
– The sun rises from where ever -
• The answer is – the side sun rises is EAST
• The poles are fixed but not the East or West – they
are relative and depend upon the sun rise /set
• What technology is with system is fixed and what is
required is relative
• The technology is obtained from another knowledge
source as a part of problem solution
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9. Evidences/ Examples of Ayur-Technology
• Salt water Emesis (Vamana) – for indigestion
(Yoga)
• Oil pulling (Gandusha) – for oral and dental
problems (Yoga)
• Saving Umbilicus – the piece of umbilicus at the
time of birth is saved for future use in copper barrel
(genetic engineering)
• Pumsavana – Choice of Child – the selectivity of
child gender and preparation for good progeny
(Eugenics) is a common practice (genetic
engineering)
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10. Evidences/ Examples of Ayur-Technology
• Peelu/ Pithara pakawada – theory of ion/
molecule
• Water flow dissection – facilitates the 5x vision
and cleaning debris
• Namburi spot test – Identification of purity /
quantity of metals in a finished bio-available
nano-form herbo metallic preparations
• Many more examples of such in end user
practices
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11. Need and Utility
• Any medical science require –
• Knowledge for Diagnosis, Medicinal
Combination, treatment principles, etc
• Techniques for medicine preparation
/administration, procedures of medical /
surgical
• Technology is adopted or generated
according to the need for diagnosis,
management, procedure, etc.
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12. Drug selection
• Drug selection in Ayurveda is based on –
– Dosha (Humors) – Vata (neuro-muscular),
Pitta (hormones/enzymes), Kapha (structures
/ fluids / water)
• Taste (Rasa), Quality (Guna),
– Specific property (Prabhava) of Medicine –
• Diuretic (Mutrala), Cardio protective
(Hrudya), etc.
• Ayurveda depicted groups of organ target
herbs attributed to disease
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13. Routes of Administration
• Ayurveda practice –
– Oral
– Trans dermal
– Trans rectal
– Urethral
– Virginal
– Sublingual
• Through Intervention of Agni (biochemical
/secretional reactionary developed heat) and
bypass methods
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15. Forms of Medicine
• Ayurveda use the natural methods to get
the regulation of medicine absorption
/action / active principles
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Solubility / form Ayurvedic form Active principle Action Absorption
Water Kashaya Heat resistant Intermediate Through
Digestion
Water Hima Heat sensitive Slow Digestion
Fresh paste Kalka & Swarasa No heat Long acting Digestion
Self generative
alcohol
Arista Heat resistant Fast acting Direct
Self generative
alcohol
Asava Heat sensitive Fast acting Direct
Self generative
alcohol
Sura Heat sensitive Fastacting Direct
Nano particle Bhasma Heat resistant Fast / sublingual Direct
Micro Kajjali Heat sensitive Fast / mucosal Direct
Lipid Ghrita / Taila Heat resistant Long acting Digestion
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16. Procedural Excellency
• Kshara sutra
– It is a thread ligation method for Fistula and
Hemorroids in Ayurvedic Surgery
• Panchakarma
– It has many procedurals targeting different
forms of waste / by product depositions in the
body to eliminate
– It uses mainly – trans dermal, trans rectal,
urethral, vaginal, oral routes
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17. Technology adoption
• Knowledge
– Tele conference
– e-CME
– e-lecturing
– RDBMS
• Problem Solution
– Instrumentation for ayurvedic diagnosis
– Nadi (dosha-pulse) analyzer
– Remote (robotic) surgery
• Research
– Drug pathway analysis
– Absorption / target / action of medicine
– Namburi spot test
– Disease based objective parametric evaluation
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18. Conclusion
• Technology develops at a
demand of the science for
the benefit of end user
• Engineering and
Mathematics are base for
development of science
• Research through
knowledge, solving the
problem attain end user
satisfaction and trust
towards the science.
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19. It is not done,
It is just a first step of 1000s
of Km run
Ayurveda is eager to adopt
the technology time to time
from the available source to
become – user and eco
friendly
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