Review Article
Year: 2023 |Volume: 2 | Issue: 03 |Pages: 21-28
“NOSE- A REVIEW STUDY ON THE ANATOMY CONCERNING THE ANATOMY OF NOSE IN AYURVED.”
About Author
Correspondence Address:
Dr.Shinde P.U. Assistant professor, Dept of Rachana Shareer, Datta Meghe Ayurved College,Hospital & Research Centre, Wanadongri, Nagpur Email: prashant.shinde38@gmail.com
Date of Acceptance: 2023-09-29
Date of Publication:2023-10-10
Article-ID:AYU_96_10_23 https://ayuscript.com
Source of Support: Nill
Conflict of Interest: None declared
How To Cite This Article: Shinde P.U. Nose- A Review Study on The Anatomy Concerning the Anatomy of Nose in Ayurved. AYUSCRIPT 2023;2(3):21-28 DOI: http://doi.org/10.55552/AYUSCRIPT.2023.2303
Abstract
The nose is a part of the five senses present in the body, which are, the eyes, nose, tongue, ear, and skin. All these five sense organs are an important part of the body's anatomy and physiology as it helps in receiving the sensation of smell and helps the person in understanding the nature of smell and its meaning. These five senses are named “pancha-gyanendriya” in Ayurveda and state the same thing just in a bit different way, when stating the panchgyanendriya they state them as shabda, sparsha, roopa, rasa, gandha, now, in Ayurveda, it is stated as gyanendriya ad this panchaendriya is residing under/in the panchaendriya-adhishthana which are, Karna (ears), twak(skin), akshi(eyes), jivha(tongue), nasa(nose) respectively. There are some very interesting points mentioned in the text where Acharyas mention the anatomy and physiology of nasa in Ayurved, and all of these points are going to be discussed below. Nasa or nose is a very important part of pancha gyan endriya without which adequate knowledge is not possible to be gained by the person.
KEYWORDS: Nasa, shabda, sparsha, roopa, pancha-gyanendriya, Gandha
Introduction
Nasa is one of the important parts in the anatomy of the body as it with-holds the gyanendriya gandha and helps in receiving knowledge from the outside world and processing it. Even after being an important part of human anatomy, Ayurved does not have much information on the anatomy of the nose, some of the information might have been lost due to the effect of time, since, it makes sense for acharyas to explain the anatomy in detail as they use this pathway for panchakarma treatment as well. The role of nasa is not just limited to being adhisthana to gandha but also has many other important functions as well, like, the nasya procedure, the dhoomapana procedure, etc. All of these procedures are possible through the same pathway only.
Discussion
The nose or nasika is a small but important part of the anatomy of the human body, which helps in breathing and sensing smell, it becomes the opening of the respiratory tract and respiration is one of the most important life processes which helps the body in gaining the adequate amount of air and oxygen that is needed to keep the body working n the cellular level thus proper care of this part is extremely important for which Ayurveda states the procedures like the nasya, neti, etc that definitely becomes a part of treatment but it is also an important part of preventing therapy when taken into consideration the daily health of the body parts. There is another aspect of nasal anatomy that is an interesting part according to the ayurvedic sciences which is the indriya pancha-Panchak, in this article the topic has been discussed in detail but still this part of the anatomy is not yet totally explored and needs to be looked into with much more detail. For example, in Pancha Panchak the sense of smell i.e. the indriya vishaya and the indriya adhishthana which is nasika are explained to be different from each other, to date, we have not been able to understand or explore this part of anatomy how are the two different? These parts need to be looked into with much more detail.
Conclusion
The nose, an anatomical structure in the supra-clavicular part of the body, is responsible for the inhalation and exhaling of air, responsible for the reception of the smell present in our surroundings, this organ is mentioned in Ayurveda in a very similar yet different manner, the anatomical structure under discussion is one of the five sense organs responsible for receiving the signals from the environment which in Ayurveda is said to be the parts responsible for perceiving the knowledge present in our surroundings. Anatomy mentioned in both modern sciences and the Ayurvedic sciences is very similar to each other in some manners, Ayurveda mentions the presence f marma points that are to be kept in mind that is about the nose, the two marma points are the shringataka marma and the phana marma. One of them is the sadhya-pranahara marma is an extremely vital point that must be treated or stimulated with extreme care. Not just in Ayurved but also in modern sciences nose plays an important role as one of the paths of drug administration or for other treatment-related purposes, diagnostic purposes, etc. An anatomical structure is not just a structure but comes with many things along with it that include its normal physiology, abnormalities, pathologies, and treatments. So, considering all of these points this one structure is explained here.
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