24Jul 2017

UNDERSTANDING PUREESH VAHA SROTAS W.R.S. TO RECTUM: A LITERARY REVIEW.

  • Assistant Professor, PG Department of Rachna Sharir (Anatomy), H.A.M.C. & H, Dehradun.
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Mala represent the third member of the trinity of the living body. Purish is the faeces and it is also known as "vit" and "mala". It represents in part, the undigested residue left over after the nutrient fraction of the-food has been separated and absorbed. The study reviews the scattered literature on the Guda marma, pureesh waha srotas and related contemporary anatomy and physiology books for the anatomical and physiological understanding of rectum to provide their scientific evidences for considering pureesh waha srotas as Rectum. As per the review, one portion of rectum is used for the formation of purisha (pakvashaya) and other portion is used to help in defecation by receiving the defecation signals from rectum (sthool antra) to be used in initiation of defecation reflex (guda and sthoola guda) So it can be concluded that one portion of purishvaha srotas is involved in the formation of purish and other portion is involved in defecation process for the expulsion of flatus and faeces. Hence the present study can be used in understanding sroto viddha lakshana and other sroto dusthi symptoms and their management with reference to rectum.


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[Pankaj Rajvanshi. (2017); UNDERSTANDING PUREESH VAHA SROTAS W.R.S. TO RECTUM: A LITERARY REVIEW. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1618-1623] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Pankaj Rajwanshi
Assistant Professor, PG Department of Rachna Sharir (Anatomy), Himalayiya Ayurveda Medical College & Hospital, Dehradun

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4876      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4876