Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates ‘Treatments of Chuta-roga (infectious disease)’ found in the study on diseases and remedies found in the Atharvaveda and Charaka-samhita. These texts deal with Ayurveda—the ancient Indian Science of life—which lays down the principles for keeping a sound health involving the use of herbs, roots and leaves. The Atharvaveda refers to one of the four Vedas (ancient Sanskrit texts encompassing all kinds of knowledge and science) containing many details on Ayurveda, which is here taken up for study.
Treatments of Chuta-roga (infectious disease)
Atharvaveda talks about Chuta-roga or infectious disease. Atharvaveda says dwelling with the bad people, eating food with him can cause many types of infectious diseases. That means you must stop associating with bad people. For getting cure one must renounce the company of the bad people and take Apāmārga medicine[1].