PREFACE :
'Saharsayogam' is enjoying the status of Ayurvedic Practical Prescriber among Kerala Ayurvedic Physicians. The public of Kerala also keeps this book with them and considers it as the book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies. 'Sahasrayogam' means one thousand formulations, and on a rough estimate it appears that the number of formulations vary from 700 to 1200 in various versions. It also appears that some more formulations have been added periodically to the original text based on their practical experiences, which resulted in the increase of total number of formulations. The formulations described in the book consist of different Kalpanas like Kashaya (Decoction), Taila (Medicated oil), Ghrita (Medicated Ghee), Choorna (Powder), Asava, Arishta (Fermented liquid), Vati, Gutika (Pill) and Lehya (Linctus). Besides the poly herbal formulations, single drug recipes are also indicated for the treatment of different diseases. In addition to the classical formulations some of the traditionally useful simple herbal recipes are also included in this book. Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha has edited and published the Hindi version of 'Sahasrayogam' by consulting various versions like.
1. Sahasrayogam - Vaidya Priya Vyakhyana, Velayudha Kuruche.
2. Sahasrayogam - Attur Krishna Pisharate Bharata Vilasam Press, Trissur.
3. Sahasrayogam - Sriram Vilayaka Press.
4. Sahasrayogam - Tamarakulam kochch Sankaran Vaidya et al.; V.V. Press, Kollam.
5. Sahasrayogam - Sujanapriya Vyakhyana, Vyramba Press, Alaghusha.
Sahasrayogam was originally written in Sanskrit language and translated into Malayalam. Some of the slokas in the text consist of Malayalam vernacular names of the descriptions of certain herbs. A good number of Kashaya (Decoction) yogas were incorporated into other Kalpanas. Even today a large section of patient population of Kerala. |
