• Dr. Chiterlekha
• Dr. Ashish Mehta

Nasa (nose) comes under the panchajnanendriya, and also used for the route of drug administration. The word ‘Nasya’ means being in the nose or the things beneficial to nose. Nasa is said to be gateway of head therefore, the medicine used by this passage reaches to brain and eliminate the morbid dosha causing the diseases. This route, is not only used in Urdhwajatru gata vikaras, but also in systemic disease like Kampa vata, Hikka can be utilised. So, the ‘Nasya Karma’ is one of the main Panchkarma procedure by which multiple actions can be achieved by using different drugs and dosages. Nasya is categorized into many types according to different acharyas. Nasapana is one of the hidden procedure in Nasya karma, where the route of administration of medicine is same as Nasya i.e., Nose, but here given medicine is ingested via going through nose. So, it shows both the effects of shodhana and shamana. As, it is explained by few authors with some references and researches were done to see its efficacy in recent time. So, various text books and journals were searched and screened to get the details regarding the different studies on Nasapana. There is difference seen in formulation of drugs used for Nasapana, some are using hingu as prakshepa dravya and others have used Sneha (taila, gritha) in kwatha. Naspana is mainly indicated for Vata vvyadhi. It was analysed that Nasapana is effective treatment modality in mentioned diseases i.e, Apbahuka, Manyastambha with specific drug combination and when it is compared with Nasya Karma, it showed better result.

Key words: Nasapana, Nasya Karma, Apbhauka, Manyasthambha.

"NASAPANA in different diseases: a critical review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.c389-c397, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203249.pdf

"NASAPANA in different diseases: a critical review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppc389-c397, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203249.pdf