Abstract

CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF PRATIMARSHA NASYA & DHOOMPANA FOR THE PREVENTION OF AERO-ALLERGENS BORNE DISORDERS

Mandvi Sharma* and Chitranshu Kumar Sangya

Abstract

The present era of urbanization and industrialization has exposed the human body to an impulsive quantity of ambient air pollution as a result prevalence of allergic diseases is increasing worldwide. Approximately 10-30% of adults and 40% of children are affected globally by allergic rhinitis.[1] The global burden of disease study reports a prevalence of 251 million cases of COPD globally in 2016 alone.[2] Asthma affects as many as 339 million people[3] it is estimated that 134 million Indians suffer from chronic sinusitis, 1 in 8 Indian suffers from chronic sinusitis.[4] Studies have proven the association between diseases like allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic cough allergic cough, and asthma. Since the number of patients facing these disorders is increasing day by day therefore along with the measures of pollution control there is a necessity for a complementary approach that could prevent and curb the occurrences of these disorders. Ayurveda gives first preference to retain the health status of a healthy individual, it is a lifestyle discipline emphasizes Dincharya and Ritucharya Palana which include daily to do easy procedures which in the long run keep diseases at bay, two such modalities are Pratimarsha Nasya and Dhoompana which are proficient and potent enough to curb the occurrence of respiratory infections.

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