Abstract

A CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COMBINED EFFECT OF TAGARADI TAILAM SHIRODHARA & BRAHMI ASHWAGANDHA CHURNA IN MANAGEMENT OF CHITTODVEGA VIZ -A VIZ ANXIETY

Dr. Meenakshi Rewadkar Kole* and Vd. Minal Naik

Abstract

In today‟s life everyone is trying to fullfill their physical desires, therefore today‟s metaphysical society is facing unsteady, weakned, hard and everyday changing lifestyle. The utmost gift of this is stressful life. Mental disorders are increasing day by day as a primary disorder or as a comorbid condition. Global burden of disease statistics indicate that 4 of the 10 most important causes of disease in psychiatric in origin. Anxiety is one of them which can be correlated to chittodvega. Although modern therapeutics has a spectrum of the drugs for the management of this disease, but they have serious side effects and habit forming nature. Ayurveda principle of treating Manas dosha is by improving satvaguna i.e., avoidance of Pradynaparadh, to control indriyas, to follow sadvrutta with the help of murdhini chikitsa & medhya dravyas. In this study we have taken two groups each of 30 patients. Group A was given shirodhra with Tagaradi tailam (Tagar, Brahmi, Sankhpushpi, Jatamansi, Karpura) for 15 day followed by Brahmi & Ashwagandha churna orally for 15 days and Group B was given T. Alprazolam 0.5 mg HS for 30 days. Hamilton Anxiety Scale was used for assessment. Result were obtained using Unpaired T Test. Both Trial Group & Control Group showed Significant Result.

Keywords: Anxiety, tagaradi tailam, Brahmi & Ashwagandha churna, Alprazolam.