VAJIKARAN IN AYURVEDA: A TRADITIONAL TO SEXUAL HEALTH AND ITS MODERN INTERPRETATIONS

Vajikarana is one of the eight specialities of Ashtang Ayurveda dealing with the management of pathophysiology of spermatogenesis and healthy sexual potentiation. This aphrodisiac therapy is advocated for various sexual and reproductive disease ie, Klaibya or Erectile dysfunction, Bandhyata or infertility, Shukraghata vata or azospermia and premature ejaculation. Vrishya, a synonym of vajikara, is the technical term indicating spermatogenic and aphrodisiac effect of a dravya (foods, herbs, spices and medicinal plants) including audio- visual, socio – religious effects. Currently, the importance of this branch has increased manifold, as more and more people are reporting to clinics with various disorders related to seminal parameters and sexual dysfunction.