Rationality behind use of Metals and Minerals in Ayurveda

Metals and minerals are used for their therapeutic attributes since antiquity in Indian subcontinent. Recent chaos over their toxic potentials has outweighed their medicinal values. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to explain the metal pharmacology of the basis of Ayurvedic principles, like, Samanya Vishesha Siddhanta and Loka Purusha Saamya Vichara. As a matter of fact, metal complexes offer a remarkably rich chemistry in which the basic principles of inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry and organic chemistry have been fused together. This branch should be utilised more to influence the histological processes rather than lamenting about their toxicity. Key words: metal pharmacology, Samanya Vishesha Siddhanta, Loka Purusha Saamya Vichara