About the Authors Dr. Pankaj Kumar Rajvanshi is working as assistant professor in the P. G. Department of Rachana Sharir of Himalayiya Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital Doiwala Dehradun Uttarakhand.

He completed his graduation from state ayurvedic college and hospital Bareilly and post-graduation from state ayurvedic college and hospital lucknow.

The author has published various articles in international and national journals and presented many papers in national and international seminars and conferences.

Dr. Nitin Pandey is presently working as Professor in kaya chikitsa department of Himalayiya Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital Dehradun.

He completed his UG and PG from faculty of Ayurveda Banaras Hindu University. The author has published many articles and presented papers in international and national journals and seminars.

Foreword Rachana sharir is one of the essential basic science that plays an important role in medical science. It is absolutely necessary to get complete and precise knowledge of rachana sharir for proper diagnosis and treatment because without knowing the complete human body it impossible to treat it. "Srotomaya hi shareeram" means that living body is a channel system and is comprised of innumerable channels known as "srotas". The entire range of life processes in health and disease depends on integrity of srotas system, proper diagnosis and treatment of any disease require thoughtful approach towards srotas sharir.

This book is comprised of essential basic knowledge of srotas sharir and its clinical approach, which will be definitely helpful to the Ayurveda students as well as ayurvedic physicians.

Preface Anatomy, the knowledge of the structure of human body is taught universally in medical profession this knowledge is must for further clinical studies. Ayurveda also said that "Srotomaya hi shareeram" that the human body is made of millions of srotas.

Srotas are the channels where tridosha actively perform their work so doshas and srotas are the chief component of pathogenesis of any disease. Thus the clearance and obstruction of srotas is the condition of health and disease accordingly hence in the maintenance of health and vice-versa i.e. causation of disease, so the importance of srotas is very obvious.

The patency of Srotas is very essential to maintain physiology and health of person. This physiological intactness leads to health. The whole some of Srotas can be grouped in to physio-anatomical units, which perform specified function in body, and anatomically identifiable based on their moolaa.

Introduction Srotas is the unique concept in Ayurveda. As is the case with vata which is the inevitable component in every movement, so is the case with srotas which provides the pathway for every movement. These channels need not be anatomically present always; sometimes it is a physiological channel, sometimes it is a biochemical channel and so on. It shows that visualizing the srotas as a vessel or tube is an injustice done to the observational skills of our great Ayurvedic vaidyas and gurus. They have definitely recognized the unparalleled physiological and biochemical events occurring in our bodies and summarized all those events into the concept of srotas. Srotas are so called because they have sravana' (oozing) - allow materials to pass through them very slowly. They show dominance of aakash mahabhoot.

Sushruta describes Srotas as structures which originate from vacant spaces (hollow organs), spread throughout the body and purvey materials or elements. They are apart from sira (vein) and dhamani (artery) . View of Charaka slightly differs from that of Sushruta. Charaka defines Srotas as transporting channels of dhatus (tissue elements) undergoing transformation (intermediary metabolite) . The transformation is adopting the form of successive element by leaving the same of preceding one. This transformation of element occurs with the aid of specific agni (digestive power specific to eact element) located at the base or root of each Srotas.

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