Abstract

ROLE OF AYURVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PAKSHAGHAT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ACUTE NON-HEMORRHAGIC INFARCT HEMIPLEGIA – A CASE REPORT

Vd. Rohini Salve*, Vd. Rakesh Salve, Dr. M. R. Pandya and Dr. K. B. Roy

Abstract

Due to today’s changing lifestyles i.e. excess consumption of Junk food, Alcohol, stress, shifting duties many diseases occur easily like Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension etc. Such diseases later help for more complicated conditions like stroke. Stroke is the 3rd most common cause of death in the developed world after Cancer and Ischemic Heart Disease. For the function of brain, constant supply of O2 and glucose is required. In Stroke, Focal Brain Dysfunction occurs due to focal ischemia or Hemorrhage. This is a case of a 55 year old patient diagnosed with Acute Non-hemorrhagic infarct. First he was treated by modern system of medicne with very less effect. On 7th day of stroke, he was shifted to Parul Ayurved Hospital. He was successfully managed by Panchkarma procedures e.g. Abhyanga, Swedana, Basti, Nasya and Shaman Aushadhi for 2 ½ months. The response obtained is highly encouraging and will help as a guideline to manage such patients in the future.

Keywords: Pakshaghat, Shaman, Stroke, Basti, Abhyanga, Nasya.