A Review on Lashuna (Allium Sativum) in Pediatric Practice: Evidences From Ayurveda

Abstract

It has been always a desire by the Ayurveda fraternity to search and look for potent Ayurveda medicines which comes for several uses in relieving the diseases and many other such conditions that preserves the health and increases the longevity of human beings. One such drug is lashuna (Garlic). Garlic's prescription is found in various diseases with combination of various drugs by almost all the authors. Found to be beneficial in krimi (parasitic infestation), kushtha (skin diseases), kilasa (leukoderma), diseases caused by vata, gulma, heart disease, chronic fever, abdominal pain, constipation, anorexia, cough, edema/inflammation, durnama (piles), retention of flatus, disease caused by vata-kapha, dyspnoea, beneficial for hairs, fractures, urinary disorders, chronic coryza etc. Moreover, Kashyapa in kalpasthan "Lashuna Kalpadhyay" (chapter 2?) has described in detail and vividly about the pharmaceutical preparations of garlic for the benefit of mankind. This shows that the lashuna is a wonder drug even in Ayurveda pediatric practices also and is important for many diseases and rejuvenating conditions. Thus, the goal of discovering such a potent drug which is already known to the common man, easily available, economic etc., becomes successful, if and only if the common man finds its use in daily life after knowing its properly. The paper provides detailed description of the evidences regarding the use of lashuna (Allium sativum) in pediatric practice from Ayurveda.