Personalized medicine aims to bring discipline to decision making for devising treatment using biological information available through a genetic test or biomarkers. This provides inputs based on the patient profile, to shortlist one medicine in comparison to the others for a more favourable response with minimal or no adverse reaction. This is typically how modern medicine works towards personalized healthcare.
Personalized Medicine increases the impact of treatments by improving the matching process between patients and treatments.
However, Personalized Medicines are defined differently in Ayurvedic perspective.
Medicines are manufactured, keeping the Vaidyas, their thought process and prevalent illnesses in mind. They need to yield results based on their understanding of the samprapti of the disease. The medicines therefore, need to have ingredients, especially the Bhasmas, that can address the expectations of the Vaidya. Many times, the ingredients, though as per the texts, may not be upto the standards as stated in the texts or the processes are followed keeping commercial interests at the centre instead of the needs of the Vaidyas and the patients.
For instance, Tamra Bhasma is used in the making of Smrutisagar Ras, Arogyawardhini Ras and Sutshekhar Ras, where it addresses manovaha srotas, yakrut and rakta vaha srotas and amashaya and ras vaha srotas respectively. Each of these are focussed at different sites, organs and srotasas. The tamra should be such that that it could address any of the sites under consideration. Therefore, we have devised tamra in such a manner that it could be best utilized for making all the three ras kalpas and that too parada marita.
The Rasayanas are an intelligent group of medicines.
They attack the site of the samprapti or the concerned dushya to cause samprapti bheda and work as a rasayan on the rest of the dushyas and sites of the body. Hence, they can be considered as SMART MEDICINES.
Rasayana is prepared in such a way that it has its In Built Biological Intelligence. It is made protecting all the critical processes and if followed properly, there is no possibility of creating any adverse drug reactions. This is the essence of Ayurvedic manufacturing. When this is followed properly, Personalised healthcare can be achieved easily and effectively.
