Abstract

EFFICACY OF AYURVEDIC REGIMEN IN CEREBRALPALSY CHILDREN - CASE STUDY

Dr. Deepali Bodu*, Dr. T. Y. Swami, Dr. Ashwini Patil, Dr. Dattatray Parde and Dr. Suraj Bane

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Abstract

Childhood period is considered as the foundation of the better future life and every incidence has influence on the further life. Disability is a major problem which affects the healthier life of the children. Cerebral Palsy refers to a group of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and permanently affects body movement and muscle coordination. The prevalence of CP among children is 3 per 1000 live births. At present, other than physiotherapy and supportive medication, there is no complete cure available for this disorder. In this work, we have studied the efficacy of ayurvedic regimen that is Panchakarma Chikitsa (Abhyanga, Pindasweda, Vaikalyahar Basti and Shirodhara), Medhya aushadhi i.e. Brahmi ghruta and herbomineral preparation orally, and Physiotherapy for 2 months in CP children. Even though modern medicine has labeled CP as incurable, our study on 19 CP children with Ayurvedic regimen, had revealed significant improvement. In this study GMFCS 66 has been used to study results. Paired t test was applied, which showed good result at 1% level of significance and confidence interval of 99 %. Here we concluded that this ayurvedic regimen provided better direction by improving quality of life of CP children with better life expectancy.

Keywords: Cerebral Palsy.