How to identify Rajyakshma
The symptoms include weakness of digestive fire, excessive salivation, sweet taste in mouth, general weakness. As the disease progresses, symptoms like dyspnea, breathing difficulty, change in voice, loss of taste, constipation or lose motions, pain in flanks, continuous fever, joint pain start showing. However, in the present scenario once TB is suspected, the patient is referred to the nearest primary health centre, since it is a notifiable disease.
Use of Paachana and Deepana Dravya
Paacana and Deepana Dravya are the set of medications designed in Ayurveda to detoxify the body by augmenting the metabolic fire. There are several medicines like Paacanaamritam kwatham, shaddharanam choornam, vaiswanaram choornam, ashta choornam, amritotharam kwatham etc. which are used for the purpose. The role of special medication called Indukantam Ghrtam is worth mentioning. It is a medicated ghee processed with specific herbs indicated in long term manifesting fevers. Indukantam Ghrtam is a very common drug prescribed in the post treatment phase of TB to regain general health. It is available now in tablet, kwatham and syrup forms prescribed in various conditions.