Nasya and its efficacy in Alcohol withdrawal Syndrome
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Alcohol was considered as a healthy drink if administered judiciously from the vedic period itself and its medicinal properties are being explained, in the classics of Ayurveda. But the addictive use of alcohol has been a considerable health problem all over, as per the reported studies. The complications due to alcohol in the physical, mental, familial and social aspects and their management have been attempted by the medical world, with serious concern.As per the latest reports 1/3rd of the Indian population is using alcohol in an unhealthy manner, the complication being wide and varied among which, the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome is the dominant one. The presentation varies from mild sleep loss or anxiety to the life threatening situations like delirium. The modern medical management seldom works as expected in this group of affected, the management being quite conditional. Ayurveda has given utmost importance in explaining the disorders, arising from the unscientific use of madya, in the context of madatyaya. Various protocols based on the identification of the status of tridoshas are explained which includes sodhana, samana and satwavachaya chikitsa. Various medications are being used, with appreciated effects in the clinical practice. As per reports, the panchakarma procedure nasya seems highly effective, in managing the alcohol withdrawl syndrome. This study is an attempt to assess the efficacy of nasya with Ksheerabala tailam upto 7 days in the condition and also the efficacy is being compared with the allopathic counterpart.The study was a non Randomized trial with 30 subjects satisfying the DSM IV criteria for alcohol withdrawl and the assessment was done using the Clinical institute Withdrawl Assessment for Alcohol Scale revised (CIWA-Ar). It was observed that there was significant improvement in both the groups statistically and on comparison, the study group showed significant effect as compared to control on the final assessment. Keywords: Nasya, Alcohol withdrawl, Madya, Madatyaya, Kheerabala taila.
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M Jithesh, Mohammed Shafeek, Uma Venugopal, Renuka R Gayal
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