30/09/2018
Antibacterial drugs in Ayurveda
**The anti bacterial agents and drugs are of the most important inventions in medical field.As we know that the antibiotics are used to fight any type of infections that are due to bacteria.The antibiotics are the base for the improvement and development of the surgery part of allopathic medicines.There are various medicated liquids and powders derived form minerals as well as the herbs for this purpose in ayurveda. ..In the surgical text Susruta there are various medicines and processes that are used for postoperative treatment. Thought,ayurveda don't describe any thing about the antibiotic drugs but they were quite aware of the after effects that may occur due to the microbes.Thus various processes and drugs were used for the antibiotic purpose.Without this the surgical part of Ayurveda wouldn’t have flourished.Thus we can imagine that unknowingly the ayurveda people were using the precautions against the microbial growth. .The medicated decoctions that were used in the postoperative treatment by Maharishi Susruta was of antibacterial nature.In the same way the treatment for leprosy is also indicative of the antibacterial properties of the herbs and ayurvedic medicines used. .Nowadays the antibiotics are classified into various categories.The major success of the modern medicines is dependent upon the antibiotics invention.Each antibiotic is used to treat specific bacteria.In simple words that acts as antidote for the specific bacteria. ..The treatment is based upon the diagnosis of the microorganism causing infection. 1.The penicillin was the first antibiotic that was discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming for treating the infectious caused in wounds. Further, antibiotics were refined from the penicillin and by the 1950’s a large number of antibiotics were discovered.There are a large number of antibacterial combinations that are used now days. 2.The antibiotics can
