A Practical Approach of Asthanindita Purush According To Present Era

Abstract

Ayurveda is the earliest system of medicine in the world. It is the science of the life that deals with every aspects of life. In Ayurveda, ‘Charak acharya’ has described eight “Nindya prakrities” (undesirable constitution) according to  the body constitution. Individuals with these eight types of deformities are morphologically or genetically abnormal, as it concludes that people with these malformations are considered to be difficult to cure and they are prone to wide ranges of diseases. They refer to those people who are generally considered as socially unacceptable because of their peculiar characteristics. However, it is more than a social stigma due to various systemic disorders that may crop up and may be life-threatening conditions in many situations.

There are many pathological conditions that can be included in this category, which are not mentioned in Ayurveda. So an effort has been done to co- relate with many endocrine disorders along with its pathogenesis that can be included as Nindita Purusha and its importance in current era.

KEYWORDS: Atisthaulya, Atikarshya, obesity, hereditary and genetic disorders, endocrine disorders, HT, CVD