AYURVEDIC ASPECT OF LEAD AND ITS CHRONIC TOXICITY

2014 
Chronic Lead toxicity is found in form of occupational or envi ronmental exposure with leading encounter during manufacturing, transportation and utilisation of Lead and its compounds. Though information about the Lead toxicity is not found in Brihatrayi like Charak , Shushrut , but it is found in text book of Ras Taran gini, Ayurved Prakash, Vrahat Ras Raj Sundar etc. in detail. As the Lead toxicant accumulate on cellular level after chronic and persistent exposure like Cumulative Poison ( Dushee Visha ) and its toxic effect after existence of some aggregative factors. It vitiates all the dosha, but Vata and Pita is vitiated more pre dominantly. It affects all the system (strotas), but Central nervous s ystem (Majava strotas), Haematology (Ras - Raktavaha Strotas) and Gastro intestinal tract (Annavaha strotas and Purishvaha Str otas) are more affected. There is no such treatment of chronic lead toxicity found in Ayurvedic Or iginal Text, but Enema (Basti) t herapy after Bio - purification and then symptomatic management may give
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