Review on Vishajanya Janapadodwamsa Vyadhi with Special Reference to Environmental Toxicity

Abstract

Environmental toxicology is a multidisciplinary science that fills a significant gap in the field of toxicology. It is concerned with both humans and other living things and thus plays a vital role in tackling public health issues. With the growing number of environmental issues there is an urgent need for health solutions. Environmental toxicity and its health hazards has been in practice since 5000 years. In the olden days when kings entered the enemy kingdom along with their military they faced the threat of being poisoned by the entities like air water land grass and cattle feed. In present days because of human activities industries pesticides chemicals and other unhealthy behaviors the environment is getting poisoned and affecting the health of not only human beings but also other living creatures of the earth and aquatic ecosystem. The present COVID-19 crisis is also a kind of environmental toxicity affecting the whole world. This paper is an attempt to review the health problems and method of purification of such environmental particulates explained in classical texts and a discussion on the adaptation of these methods for challenging problems related to environmental toxicity in the present era.