Chrono Therapeutic and Phytochemical Perspectives of Puspayurveda: A Classical -Modern Integrative Review- Based on Pushpa Ayurveda and Bhavaprakasa Nighandu

Puṣpayurveda describes the therapeutic use of flowers through adornment, inhalation and sensory engagement, emphasizing specific periods (Kala) for wearing flowers to promote physical, mental and emotional well-being. Pushpayurveda had detailed the duration and time-specific benefits of floral usage, while Bhavaprakasa Nighantu (Puspa Varga) provides supportive pharmacological attributes. The present article offers an integrative analysis of selected medicinal flowers by correlating the Ayurvedic principle of Gandha-Jnana (perception of smell), examining its psychophysiological influence through sensory pathways and its role in Indriya-Manasa interaction. By evaluating certain effects may be attributable to Prabhava in co-relation with modern phytochemical profiles, volatility of constituents, analytical standardization methods, and contemporary nature-therapy concepts such as forest bathing with modern phytochemical profiles, volatility of constituents, analytical techniques for quantification and standardization, and contemporary nature-therapy concepts such as forest walking and forest bathing. The review highlights how volatile floral constituents acting through the olfactory pathway may justify the classical specification of wearing periods, thereby presenting Puspayurveda as an early model of aromachronotherapy. Along with brief review was also conducted on the traditional practice of wearing Dasapushpa during the month of Karkidaka in Kerala.