Abstract

EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN & IT's AYURVEDIC PROSPECTIVE

Dr. Anchal Kumari*, Dr. Laxmi and Prof. Mithilesh Verma

Abstract

Epilepsy is a disease which has a lot of importance since ancient time because it affects all the aspects of life of an individual either an adult or it may be a child. It is well known fact that epilepsy affects the child socially, mentally and physically. They faces the challenges, uncertanities, limitations in school, social situations, unemployment, driving and independent living. Though modern science has developed leaps and bounds in treatment of epilepsy but the horror of its occurrence is still among the sufferers as well as among the medical fraternity because of the adverse effect caused by antiepileptic drugs like bone demineralization, growth retardation, disturbance in lipid profile & body weight, imbalance in hormones & other endocrine functions. Due to these drawback of antiepileptic drugs people shows their faith in ayurvedic drugs for many non-curable diseases. The reason behind this faith is that it works not only on physical disability but also acts spiritually up to mental/intellectual level without any adverse effect.

Keywords: Apasmara, Epilepsy, Memory, Ayurveda.