Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: The Taksila Scripture is a manual that describes the occurrence of the epidemic that showed symptoms of toxic fever, jungle fever, and exanthematous fever. This research aimed to study the principles of diagnosis, the comparison of diseases with modern medicine, and the principle of herbal remedies in the Taksila Scripture and to study the pharmacological effects of the herbs in the pharmacopeia. The research was conducted by reviewing documents, searching, collecting, and analyzing data. The results of the study showed that the principles of diagnosis of the Taksila Scripture were based on the symptoms and rashes that occur on the patient’s body. The results revealed 11 disease categories of symptoms that can be compared with 22 disease categories in the modern medicine database. There were 7 kinds of formularies listed in the Scripture based on the three major principles: 1) healing and expelling toxic, 2) treating fever, and 3) the use of “Yakropkai Taksila” (i.e. drug that prevents illness) to prevent the recurrence of the fever. There were 34 herbs in the pharmacopeia that consisted of 32 plants and 2 substances. Most of the flavors of herbal medicines were bitter. The “Yaharak” (i.e. five roots formularies) was studied to investigate the pharmacological effects, and the results showed that the formularies had fever-relieving, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral effects. The herbs in the pharmacopeia had fever-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects consistent with the pharmacological effects of the formularies.The suggestion was on the use of the formularies to relieve respiratory diseases including COVID-19. However, clinical experiments in science laboratories for the benefit of further treatment.
Institution: Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University
Language: Thai
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7220105810