ISSN: 2576-4772
Authors: Savita Rajurkar*, Prayag Sethiya, Nandini Dhargalkar and Dilip Gadgil
Ayurved, the full-fledged system of medicine offers wisdom and practices for living life in health. It encompasses modalities aligned with health conservation, disease prevention and treatment with its’ unique aspect of root cause elimination of the disease and concept of personalized treatment. Ayurvedic Self-Empowerment model provides userfriendly daily regimen of self-care procedures for the ‘daily precise detoxification & due rejuvenation.’ ‘Dhumpan’- Ayurvedic Herbal Smoking (quite popularly known as ‘Herbal Smoking’) is described within this ‘to do’ list as well as within plans of treatment. Ayurvedic Dhumpan is focused to detoxify, rejuvenate and empower foundational elements, perception centers in addition to organs of perception, mind, entire physique, and vital parts. It works as a preventative for emotional and seasonal outbreaks and indicated in various diseases, conditions including acute pain. It is observed that ‘Ayurvedic Dhumpan’ is commonly and currently seen as ‘Herbal Smoking’ in a limited context either as a substitute or as a de-addiction treatment of ‘toxic cigarette smoking.’ Ascertaining Classical Approaches of Ayurvedic ‘DHUMPAN’ is a need. Increasing rate of unhealthy practices like toxic smoking and decreasing rate of attentive communication towards awareness of its toxic effects and undue interpretation have a potential to hamper overall success rate in the management of community health. This research article presents detail research of scientific work on Herbal Smoking with an exhaustive literature survey, comparative study of Dhumpana description from greater trilogy of Ayurved and covers details of Ayurvedic Dhumpana. The objective of this article is to actuate Ayurvedic approach of total health, create awareness about distinctive approach of Ayurvedic smoking as well as its’ utility as a community health need. This article is aimed to fortify insights for the due perfection, systematization, upgradation and standardization in the futuristic aspects towards effective global administration of Ayurvedic Dhumpan. Revolution and validation in the versatile concept of Ayurvedic Dhumpan may have a potential to benefit as a community health need by keeping the various stakeholders in mind.
Keywords: Dhum Pan; Dhumpana; Dhoompana; Herbal Smoking; Ayruvedic Dhum Pan; Daily Regimen; Dincharya; Five Elements; Community Health Needs; Global Administration; Yoga; Life; Health; Lifestyle
