Concept of dushi visha (latent poison) a review in ayurveda

摘要

A poison, which is having fewer properties, which means less thanit’s own ten classical properties or the poison which is having lesser potency of all ten properties, attains a accumulative or hidden stage in the body is called Dushi Visha (latent poison). Low potency of all the ten qualities of poison are said to be responsible for the delayed action and cumulative toxicity on the body. A much detailed description about DushiVisha is not seen in Ayurvedic classics. The concept of DushiVisha is still an enigma. To understand Dushi Visha, it is important to understand that what are theoriginating factors can be considered under DushiVisha, how it remains in the body without undergoing elimination, how does it causes cumulative toxicity, which factors will aggravate DushiVisha, how the clinical features of DushiVisha will be presented in the body. To get proper answer to all these practical queries, it is necessary to go through it’spathology. Here an attempt is made to review the concept of DushiVisha in detail.