ABSTRACT

Rasayana is one of the eight clinical speciality branches of Ayurveda. Rasayana deals with drugs, formulations, food, and lifestyle indicative of anti- or rather delaying aging effects. Along with rasayana, Ayurveda has given utmost emphasis for the maintenance of pathyaaahar. Nutraceuticals is a food that provide health benefits including prevention and cure of disease. In Ayurveda such approaches, collectively called as Rasayana, are proclaimed to cause qualitative improvements at cellular and molecular levels eventually leading to delay in aging process. Ayurveda describes aging as the swabhava or nature of human being. Sarangadhar Samhita describes a particular scheme of biolosses in a ten-decade frame.In present study various rasayana drugs which are useful in delaying the biolosses in ten decade frame will be discussed in detail. Also what modification of diet should be done during old age will be presented in detail. The rejuvenative and rehabilitative effects with nutritional supplement and strong antioxidant property of rasayana can be utilized in the field of geriatric health care. Rasayana is very helpful in maintaining physical and mental well-being in today’s environmental condition and life style. Keywords: Ayurveda, Rasayana, Nutraceuticals and Geriatrics
Publication date: 15/12/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.12.1020