A Clinical study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Yuktaratha Basti in Pakshaghata
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2019, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Pakshaghata is a dreadful disease of modern era as a result of so many health problems such as Hypertension, Atherosclerosis etc. induced due to modern life style and as a complication of the other diseases,it needs panchakarma treatment. Stroke is the 2nd leading cause of death in people above the age of 60yrs, and 5thleading cause in people aged 20 to 59yrs old1 . Pakshaghata can be co-related with stroke phenomena. According to WHO, stroke or CVA is a “rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, with symptoms lasting 24 hours or longer or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than of vascular origin”2 . Pakshaghata is one among the nanaatmaja vata vyadhi3 , considered as a maharoga from point of prognosis andduschikitsya4 .Here the greatly aggravated vata, invades the shareera dhamani’s causing sandhibandhamoksha and paralyzing one side of the body causing cheshtahani of the side with pain and loss of speech. In this condition the yuktaratha basti which is having vatahara guna is beneficial5 . Hence owing to the simple ingredients with high therapeutic efficacy stated in chikitsa sthana of sushrutha samhitha, yuktaratha basti was selected for the study5 , from OPD and IPD of SDM Ayurveda College and Hospital, Udupi.Yuktaratha basti with moorchitha tila taila anuvasna basti was carried out in all the 28 patients in yoga basti pattern. Results were assessed on the basis of fixed subjective and objective parameters. The study has shown encouraging results on functional knack of pakshaghata.
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Kruthika B, Niranjan Rao
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