Plant-Based Rasayana Drugs from Ayurveda  

作　　者：Subramani Paranthaman Balasubramani Padma Venkatasubramanian Subrahmanya Kumar Kukkupuni Bhushan Patwardhan 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Ayurveda & Integrative Medicine 74/2,Jarakbande Kaval,Post Attur,Via Yelahanka,Bangalore-560106,India

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》2011年第3期88-94,共7页中国结合医学杂志（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India,to establish a"National R&D Facility for Rasayana products in Indian System of Medicines"under Drugs&Pharmaceuticals Research Programme(DPRP)

摘　　要：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.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.

关 键 词：AYURVEDA RASAYANA REJUVENATION ANTI-AGEING ANTI-OXIDANT IMMUNOMODULATION 

分 类 号：R285[医药卫生—中药学]