triphala,suggestions from Dr.Venugopal

[Guest guest]

Dear

I have gone through your article on

triphala.It's a great compilation, I appreciate you.I

would like to suggest you a few things to your

article.

 

 

1)You have directly referred prameha as diabetes in

this article,Do you think it's right?

 

2) Madhuka is Yastimadhu,but Madhooka is Maduka

indica.

(This clearly indicates the importance of sanskrit to

be well known to an ayurvedic physician.)

[Guest guest]

> 1)You have directly referred prameha as diabetes in

> this article,Do you think it's right?

 

first off, i need to state that this article was cowritten and

published a few years ago - i wrote my sections and edited it the best

i could in the time we had before publication

 

1) i do not think one can equate all subtypes of prameha with diabetes

mellitus - madhumeha however seems similar, but the rationales and

treatments are different - any diagnosis is a theory - the test of that

theory is the response to treatment - if a pt with diabetes mellitus is

treated on the basis of madhu meha and becomes better, we can suggest

that in this case they are one and the same or at least congruent

diagnoses

 

however, b/c each system uses different criteria and rationales i think

that they cannot be held to be identical

 

> 2) Madhuka is Yastimadhu,but Madhooka is Maduka indica.

 

absolutely - i am well aware of this difference

a knowledge of Sanskrit is key in correctly understanding Ayurvedic

terms

this is why all Sanskrit terms in my upcoming text are written in a

diacritical format, i.e. Mesua ferrea is madhuka with a macron over the

"u" to indicate a long vowel sound, i.e. "oo" (incidentally, i don't

use Madhuka for licorice in my text because its too similar and will

confuse readers - instead i use yashti or yashtimadhu)

 

i have spent many hours ensuring that all Sanskrit terms in my text are

correct and accurate

as you pointed out this reference to madhuka in the triphala article is

incorrect (it also does not use the correct binomial)- thanks for

bringing it to my attention - when i have a chance i will send the

revisions to Michael Tierra

 

best... todd caldecott