Anexploratorydescriptionofpīnas Roga(Allergic Rhinitis)Described Insrilankantraditional Medicine

Pīnasa is a most common disease and can be seen in every age category in the Sri Lankan society. Pīnasais the term used inDeshīyaChikitsa (traditional medicine) found to be similar to Apīnasa in Ayurvedic medicine and Allergic Rhinitis on the basis of symptoms of modern medicine.Most of the people suffer physically and mentally from this disease. But till now there are no any specific treatments found in other medical fields for Pīnasa.For this present study, one of the stubborn diseasesPīnasahas been selected, which is well known for its recurrence and chronicity. Recurrence occurs when theDoshāsare not evacuated from the body completely and suchDoshāsin their latent stage give rise to the same disease, whenever the etiological factors are favorable. This study is preliminary based on to search literature about the Pīnasroga and basic treatments described in Sri Lankan Traditional Medicine. The number of types of Pīnas are variable and there are 15, 18 and 19 according to this study and Hisagallum(applypaste on head),Dhūma(smoking), and Karnapūrna(ear drop) are the special treatment methods use in traditional medicine. Apart from these methods,Kashāya(decoctions), Chūrna(powders), Guli(tablets), Kenda(kanji), Alepa(paste), Nasya(snuffing) and Anjana(Collyrium) are mentioned. Traditional physicians use many traditional oils for the treatment and among the decoctions Vajrakānthikashāyaknown as the best decoction for the Pīnasroga. Use of classical yoga exercises and prohibited of use warm water is the specially indicated for the Pīnasroga in traditional medicine in Sri Lanka.