World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

IMPORTANCE OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE IN AYURVEDA

*Dr. Neha and Dr. Kuldeep Tomar

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda is a science of life and the basic motive of the Ayurveda is to promote the health of healthy persons and cure the diseases of the diseased persons. In Ayurveda we use many kind of medicines like Kastha aushadhi means medicines which prepared by plants origin and Rasa aushadhi means medicines which prepared by metals and submetals. A general misconceptions present in our society that the ayurvedic medicines are safe and do not have any side effets , so people takes ayurvedic medicines without consulting the physician. Although the ayurvedic medicines are safe, no doubt but it depends upon the method of administrations. Ayurvedic medicines have different kind of pharmacology. The action of drugs depends upon the humans Shareerik prakriti (i.e Vata, Pita, Kapha) Agnibala, kala, Satva etc. If we ignore these all factors definitely the drug shows his side effets. Many pharmaceutical industries ignores important steps in drug manufacturing such as the quality of raw material, ratio in combinations of drugs used in medicines and purity of medicines after manufacturing. These factors reduce the efficacy of drugs and many times it is dangerous to take because if impurities are presents in any medication it shows dangerous side effects and can be fatal for human health. Pharmacovigilance is the science which deals with the Detection, Assessment, Understanding and prevention of unintended effects, side effects of drugs or any other medication error. In this research paper we discussed about importance of pharmacovigilance in ayurveda and its role in public health and safety.

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