1. CONCEPT OF VEERYAVAAD &
DETERMINE VEERYA OF A NEW
DRUGDRUG
BY:BY:-
Dr.Shivashankrappa
P.G. Scholar
Dept. of Dravya Guna

2. NIRUKTINIRUKTI
‘ t ik th ‘Veeryate vikranthaa
karmasamartho bhavati anena iti
veeryam
Veerya is that ,by which the drug act

3. LAKSHANALAKSHANA
Li ll ki  Literally speaking,veerya means potency,
power or efficacy of drugs
 All the actions of drugs are due to veerya
 Yenakurvanti tadveeryamY y

4. SwaroopaSwaroopa
I i D ? Is it Dravyaroopa ?
 Is it Gunaroopa?
 Is it Karmaroopa?

5. VEERYAVAADAVEERYAVAADA
I VY V Y VI. DRAVYA VEERYAVAADA
 Acc.to Shivadasasena pancha mahaboota Sara is
veerya
& classified veerya as Chinthya veerya,
achinthya veeryaachinthya veerya
 Acc. Modern science active principal of a drug is
veerya y
 Dravya abhinava avasta prayoga
Ex. Kalpana, kashaya, taila etcp , y ,

6. II. GUNA VEERYAVAADA
A t t & bh t tk t  Acc to susruta & vagbhata utkrusta
shakti sampanna guna is veerya
l id d Guru,lagu etc considered as veerya
 Acc to vrudda vagbhata Guna
veeryavaada is‐
loka prasidda & Shaktimatra
d i h ht iveeryvaad is shashtriya
veeryavaada

7. III. KARMA VEERYAVAADIII. KARMA VEERYAVAAD
 Acc to nagarjuna Karma lakshana shakti is
veerya
Ex. Mantra ,sun rays as vit D3
 Dravyas classifid as anulomaniya,chardaniya
etc

8. SWAROOP OF VEERYASWAROOP OF VEERYA
?Dravyaroopa ?
gunaroopa ?
karmaroopa ?

9. CLASSIFICATIONCLASSIFICATION
 Acc to charaka bahuvida veerya  Acc to charaka bahuvida veerya
 Utkrusta shakti of guna anusara 8 types
 mrudu teeksna  mrudu , teeksna,
guru,lahgu,snighda,ruksha,ushna,seeta
 Acc to nimi karmanusara 15types
adhobhagahara,deepana,jeevaneeya,darana,
ropana etc
 Acc to guna veeryavaadi 2 types
h Ushna, seeta

10. KARMAKARMA
 hUshna veerya
 Dahana,pachana,moorchana,swedana etc,p , ,
Seeta veerya
 Pitt k k h dh k d t Pitta samaka,kaphavardhaka,prasadana etc

11. UPALABDIUPALABDI
P k h 1. Pratyaksha
 2.Anumana
Ex. Dravyarasanipata
mrudu,seeta,ushna‐sparsagrahya
pichila,visada‐chakshu& sparsagrhya

12. VEERYA NIRDHARANA OF NEW DRUGVEERYA NIRDHARANA OF NEW DRUG
A l ki l h Amalaki‐amla rasa‐sheeta veerya
 Pippali‐katu rasa‐mrudu‐sheeta
 Bruht panchamoola‐kashaya,tikta rasa‐ushna
veerya
 In Rasa panchaka written by Dr.S.C.Dhyani

13. UshnaVeerya SheetaVeeryaUshnaVeerya SheetaVeerya
1. Reaction in distilled water Exother Endothermic
2. Reaction in Artificial gastric juice “ “
3. Appetite Increased Decreased3 pp
4. Sleep Decreased Increased
5. B.P. Increased Decreased
6. Stool Hard or Difficult Smooth
7. Urine Decreased Increased
8. B.M. Increased Decreased

14. Shri Devendra Shukla has tested 37 UshnaVeerya Dravyas and 25 Sheeta
Veerya Dravyas for their Endothermic or Exothermic reactions in
di till d t d tifi i l G t i J idistilled water and artificial Gastric Juice.
USHNAVEERYA DRAVYAS
Description Distilled Water Artf. Gastric Juice
1. Exothermic 26 14
2. Endothermic 3 11
3. Temp. initially increased
d l t D dand later Decreased 7 10
4. First Decreased, then
Increased 0 1
5 Irregular 1 15. Irregular 1 1
Total 37 37

15. SHEETAVEERYA DRAVYAS
Description Distilled Water Artf. Gastric Juice
1. Exothermic 6 5
2. Endothermic 12 15
3 Temp initially increased3. Temp. initially increased
and later Decreased 6 4
4. First Decreased, then
Increased 1 1
Total 25 25