Fever: Ayurvedic Concept

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Book Specification

Item Code:	IDF279
Author:	Dr. V.B. Athavale,Dr. K.V. Athavale
Publisher:	Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan
Language:	English
Edition:	2001
ISBN:	8170841671
Pages:	222
Cover:	Hardcover
Other Details	8.4" X 5.4"
Weight	340 gm

Book Description

From the Jacket:

Ayurveda describes fever as king of diseases. It takes into consideration the causes, symptoms and site of the diseases and classifies fever into Vataja, Pittaja and Kaphaja fever ant outlines the diet and medicines to subdue the increased dosha.

The book comprehensively deals with Ayurvedic Concepts of fever. It deals with Origin, Causes, Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis of fever along with different types of fever, i.e. Doshaja Jvara, Dhatusgata Jvara, Vishama Jvara, Jirna Jvara, Agantu Jvara with their respective line of treatment. A separate chapters on Ayurvedic Recipes and their preparations makes the book more complete and useful.

This book also comprises a separate chapter on Ayurvedic Recipes and their preparations which enhances its usefulness.

This book will be useful to medical students, doctors, nurses and every individual because every individual is likely to suffer from fever not once but several times.

About the Author:

Dr. V.B. Athavale M.B.B.S, D.C.H., M.D. (Paed.), M.A.M.S., F.A.M.S., and Vaidyacharya is a renowned Paediatrician, and a prolific author who has several noteworthy achievements to his credit. He did his M.B.B.S. from Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, both in Mumbai, stood first in D.C.H. (C.P.S.) 1956, and completed M.D. (Paed.) in 1958.

He was offered the UNICEF fellowship in 1965, when his paper was read during the international Paediatric Conference held at Tokyo. He was also chairman of the workshop on 'Herbal Medicines for Health for the developing Countries' which was held at Bangkok in the year 1981.

Dr. Athavale worked as an Honorary Professor and Head of the Department of Paediatrics, L.T.M.G. Hospital, Sion, Mumbai during 1970 to 1990 and was recognized for his various accomplishments for which he has been bestowed with honours and awards, both National and International.

Dr. V.B. Athavale Research Foundation has been founded as a mark of respect and gratitude to Dr. Athavale when he retired after 30 years of selfless service as Hon. Professor and Head of the Department of Paediatrics, L.T.M. Medical College L.T.M.G. Hospital, Mumbai.

Dr. K.V. Athavale is the son of Dr. V.B. Athavale and a practicing physician in Mumbai. He is presently assisting his father in writing books.

CONTENTS

		Page No.
	From the Author's Desk	IX
1.	Fever	1-30
	Definition	1
	Normal body temperature	1
	Causes of Fever	2
	Causes of chronic Fever	3
	Premonitory Symptoms	4
	Nomenclature of fever in modern medicine	4
	Synonyms of fever in Ayurveda	5
	Fever in Animals, Plants and inanimate objects	5
	Origin of fever according to mythology	6
	Causes of Fever according to Ayurveda	7
	Classification of fever	8
	Fever - a pachana pravritti disease	9
	Pathogenesis	9
	Stages of fever according to presence of ama	10
	Eight stages of fever	11
	Peculiarities of fever in newborn and premature babies	15
	Principles of treatment	16
	Langhan-fasting	16
	Water	17
	Rice kanji	18
	Soups of pulses	18
	Mutton soup	18
	Fruit juices	18
	Medicated kanji soups	20
	Diet in ama and pachyamana stage	21
	Do's & Don'ts in ama and Pachyamana stage	22
	Diet in pakva and nirama stage	22
	Don'ts in fever	24
	Decoctions	24
	Medicated milk and ghee	24
	Samshodhana - Panchakarma	25
2.	Doshaja Jvara	31-41
	Vataja Jvara	31
	Pittaja Jvara	32
	Kaphaja Jvara	34
	Vata-Pittaja Jvara	35
	Pitta-Kaphaja Jvara	35
	Kapha-Vataja Jvara	35
	Tridoshaja Jvara	36
3.	Dhatugata Jvara	42-47
	Rasagata Jvara	43
	Raktagata Jvara	43
	Mansangata Jvara	43
	Medagata Jvara	44
	Asthigata Jvara	44
	Majjagata Jvara	45
	Shukragata Jvara	45
4.	Vishama Jvara	48-55
	Causes and pathogenesis	48
	Characteristics of vishama Jvara	48
	Causes of recurrence of vishama Jvara	49
	Principles of treatment in vishama and Jeerna fever	49
	Do's and Don'ts in vishama Jvara	51
5.	Jirna Jvara	52-56
	Causes for chronic fever	52
	Differences between chronic fever, jeerna Jvara and vishama Jvara	53
	General treatment	53
	Medicated ghee in chronic fever rasayana	54
6.	Agantu Jvara	55-61
	Abhighataja Jvara	57
	Abhishanghaja Jvara	58
	Kamaja Jvara	58
	Bhayaja Jvara (fever caused by fear)	59
	Shokaja Jvara (fever caused by sorrow)	59
	Krodhaja Jvara (fever caused by anger)	59
	Bhootabhishangaja Jvara	59
	Vishajanya fever (fever caused by poison)	60
	Abhicharaja fever	60
7.	Symptoms and Complications in Fever	62-72
	Thirst	62
	Excessive perspiration	62
	Chilly sensation	62
	Burning sensation	63
	Cold hands and feet	63
	Hyperpyrexia	63
	Dullness and apathy	64
	Stomatitis	64
	Tastelessness in mouth	65
	Vomiting	65
	Diarrhoea	65
	Constipation	65
	Anal fissure	66
	Pain in abdomen	66
	Felling of construction of throat	66
	Irritation of throat, hiccough	66
	Cough and breathlessness	66
	Haemoptysis	67
	Pain in flanks	67
	Headache and pain in waist	67
	Insomnia, drowsiness	67
	Bhrama giddiness	67
	Bleeding in fever - Epistaxis and haematemesis	68
	Karnaka (Mastoid abscess)	68
	Rugdaha	69
	Fainting (semiconscious state)	69
	Squint, indriyanasha	69
	Toxemia - Increase in all tridoshaja	70
	Weakness of heart	70
8.	Prognosis	73-78
	Symptoms of damaged tissues	73
	Dhatupaka, dashapaka	73,74
	Symptoms of doshapaka indicating good prognosis	74
	Symptoms indicating serious nature of disease	74
9.	Divine Therapy	77-78
	Astrology	77
	Karmavipaka	77
	Measures and methods of therapy	77
10.	Concluding remarks	79-82
	Use of antibiotics in fever	80
	Fever is our friend and not an enemy	81
11.	Atyuvedic recipes and Their Preparations	83-100
	Purification of Medicines	84
	Medicated Recipes of Herbs	84
	Proportions of Medicines in a Recipes	85
	Prakshepana	89
	Esternal Application	97
	Shatadhauta Ghita	98
12.	Time of Administration of medicines	101-102
	Bibliography	103-105

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