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MANAGEMENT OF ARDITA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BELL’S PALSY – A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Pranjali Borkar, Dr. Rachana Devendra, Dr. Devyani Thokal and Dr. Rachanil Kamavisdar

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Abstract

Introduction: Ardit is one among the vataja nanatmaja vikara where the deviation of face is main feature. The causes for ardit are carrying heavy weight on head, excessive laughing, shouting loudly, eating hard foods and exposure to cold weather. When a person expouse the causes, the vaat dosha get aggravated at take sthansanshraya in head, nose, lips, chin, forehead, eyes. Aggravated vaat dosha causes sankochata of organs and lead to Ardit roga. The sign & symptoms of ardit are Mukhavakrata (deviation of mouth at one side), sira chalati (tremous of the head) vakasanga (speech impairment) vaikrata netra (inability of closure of eyes). This symptoms are related with Bell’s Palsy. Methodology: A 15-year old male child presented with sudden onset of left side deviation of mouth, difficulty in closure of right upper eyelid, watering from right eye, Running nose & cough since 2 days. By sign and symptoms it is diagnosed as Ardita and managed in out patient department – based panchakarma treatment at Shri Ayurved Mahavidyalaya Nagpur. The treatment is given for ardit roga i.e nasya, snehan with bala tail, kukutanda Sweden, vidhhakarma for 7 days along with oral medicine. Patient was assessed both before and after treatment. Result: Improvement was marked on the basis of House-Brackmann scale, continuous lacrimation from right eye were completely stopped. After 7 days of treatment, the scale was reduced from IV to III and then II, I respectively. Conclusion: Patient is managed with the panchakarma procedure such as snehan, Sweden, nasya with oral medications and viddhakarma. After completion of treatment significant improvement was noticed in the sign and symptoms of the patient.

Keywords: Ardita, Bell’s palsy, Nasya, kukutanda Sweden, viddhakarma.