CH.

DEVILAL COLLEGE OF AYURVEDA, JAGADHRI

DEPARTMENT OF DRAVYAGUNA VIGYANA

Vajeekaran karma in relation with

Aphrodisiacs

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

Dr. Sonia Dhiman M.D. Ayu Deepanshu
Dr. Shagun M.D. Ayu Roll no. 26
B.A.M.S 2nd prof
Nirukti

वाजः वेगः (शुक्रस्य) सः विद्यते येषां ते वाजिनः। अवाजिनः

वाजिनः क्रियतेऽनेनेति वाजीकरणम्॥ (चक्रपाणि)

Vaj means veg

Veg of Sukra is appropriate is called Vajin or Vaji .
Process of converting Avajin into Vajin or Avaji into Vaji is called Vajikarana.
 Vajikarana Paribhasa
Vaji= C.C.S. 2/4/51 A.H.U.S. 40/3
Horse
Karana= येन नारीषु सामर्थ्यं वाजीवल्लभते नरः| तद्वाजीकरणं तद्धि देहस्योर्जस्करं परम्
Power व्रजेच्चाभ्यधिकं येन वाजीकरणमेव तत्|| ॥
Diet
Behaviour
Use of medicine Dravya provides
Strength
Lusture
Vrishya Paribhasha
Vrishya= Bull Acharya Cakrapani
competes with his fellow (C.C.S. 2/4/51)
bulls with multiple partners
on same day.
Vrishya- Substance by which
person sexually act like bull. शुक्रस्रुतिवृद्धिकरं

Vrishya dravyas possess :- Madhura, Snigdha, Jivana,

Brimhana, Guru properties. (C.C.S. 2/4/36)
Difference between Vajikarana
and Vrishya
Vajikarana Vrishya
Vajikarana related to Vrishya related to
male’s potency. improvement in seminal
parameters.
Vajikarana drug treats Vrishya drugs increase
male’s impotency by the semen fluid, sperm
acting on Sukravaha count and motility.
Samsthana.
Classification of Vajikarana or Vrishya
drugs
According to According to According to
Cakrapani Dalhana Sharangdhara

Sukravriddhikara Sukrajanak Sukrala

Sukrasrutikara Sukra pravartaka Sukrajanaka
Sukrasrutivriddhi Sukra janaka Sukra rechaka
kara pravartaka
Sukra stambhaka
Sukra shoshak
Sukra Janaka Sukra Pravartaka Sukra janaka Sukra Stambhaka
Pravartaka
Facilitate and Initiate the Both Janaka and Help in improving
increase the ejaculation of Pravartaka the capability of
production of semen to the properties ejaculatory control
Sukra. exterior of the body during sexual act
i.e. which increase
duration of sexual
intercourse.
Dravyas- Khashya,
Tikta
 Semen

Mode of action
of Sukra janaka Sperm Seminal fluid

Intake of
Intake of
Madhur,Madhur
Madhur,Madhur Sheet
Ushna/sheet Vajikarana
Vajikarana dravyas
dravyas

Madhur increases Jal

mahabut
Nourishment of sperm
Ushna increases drava
Sukradhatu Vriddhi
gun of pit and causes
sanghat bed

Increase sperm count Increase seminal fluid

Mode of action of Sukra Pravartaka
 By stimulation of sex centers in spinal cord. E.g. Kuchala
 By activation of sympathetic system with visual, auditory
stimulations.
 तत् स्त्रीपुरुषसंयोगे चेष्टासंकल्पपीडनात्। (च० चि० 2/4/47)
Aphrodisiac

•Derived from “Aphrodite”- the Greek goddess of love

•Aphrodisiakos- stimulate sexual desire.
•Modern medicine- 3(mechanisms)
1. Increase the blood flow to the genital organs to prolong or enhance
arousal (PDE-5 inhibitor).

2. Improve the nerve ending and nerve conduction in brain.

3. Balance hormones level and increase the amount of testosterone in blood.

 Mode of action (PDE-5 inhibitors)
Drugs- Avanafil (Stendra), sildenafil (Viagra)
Mode of action (Dopamine)
Dopamine Receptor Families Transduction Mechanisms Role in Penile Erection

D1 Increased activity of adenylate None

cyclase-cAMP signaling pathway,
Increased PIP2 turnover
, increased Ca2+ mobilization
(Stimulation of GPCR)

D2 Inhibition of GPCR Facilitatory

E.g.- Levodopa