Bheshajavacharaniya (Criteria for Drug Selection) ↔ Personalised/Precision Dosing Principles

The classical ten-factor framework for individualising drug choice, dose, timing and duration, compared with modern personalised-dosing and medication-review practice.

IN PLAIN LANGUAGE

Both Ayurveda and modern medicine agree that the right dose and duration of a medicine depends on the individual patient, not a fixed formula — and both traditions warn that a prescription without a clear end point or review date is how avoidable harm happens over time.

Ayurveda offers a structured, whole-patient framework (constitution, digestive strength, habituation, season) for individualising treatment; modern medicine offers lab-based, quantitative tools (kidney/liver function tests, genetic testing) for the same purpose.

WHEN TO SEEK CARE

If you have been taking any classical preparation or modern medicine for a long time without a clear reason for continuing or a scheduled review, ask your practitioner to reassess whether it is still needed.

🔴 REFER IMMEDIATELY

A classical or modern prescription continuing indefinitely with no stated duration or review date

Never do this

Do not continue any preparation — classical or modern — indefinitely without a stated review point, and do not individualise a modern drug's dose using only classical criteria (or vice versa) when a validated modern dosing parameter (e.g., renal function) is available and relevant.

🟢 SUITABLE FOR ROUTINE / COLLABORATIVE CARE

AYURVEDA SCOPE

Applying the ten-factor framework to individualise dravya, dose and timing for a classically-recognised indication, with an explicit course duration and review.

MODERN MEDICINE SCOPE

Individualising dose using renal/hepatic function, age, weight, and known drug interactions, with a defined review date.

COLLABORATIVE SCOPE

Cross-checking that any concurrent classical and modern prescription both have explicit durations and are reviewed together, since indefinite use compounds risk in either system.

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