Does Ayurveda have antibiotics ?
Antibiotics are substances derived from microorganisms to destroy harmful microorganisms, usually disease causing bacteria or fungi. There are no anibiotic drugs in Ayurveda as the term denotes in modern medicine. But the active principles of some herbs, which produce the same effects as antibiotics are used in the formulation of ayurvedic drugs. Thus infectious diseases ( krimiroga) which are exogenous ( agantu) were effectively treated even in the pre antibiotic period. But unlike antibiotics, these drugs helped the patient to develop resistance against the pathogens and were not intended to attack them.
Antibiotics are substances derived from microorganisms to destroy harmful microorganisms, usually disease-causing bacteria or fungi. There are no antibiotic drugs in Ayurveda as the term denotes in modern medicine. But the active principles of some herbs, which produce the same effects as antibiotics, are used in the formulation of Ayurvedic drugs. Thus infectious diseases (krimiroga) which are exogenous (agantu) were effectively treated even in the pre-antibiotic period. But unlike antibiotics, these drugs helped the patient to develop resistance against the pathogens and were not intended to attack them.
