Abstract

AN AYURVEDIC REVIEW ON KAMPAVATA

*Dr. Neha Tiwari and Dr. Bharatilata Acharya

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Abstract

Kampavata is a vatic disorder. In charak samhita, it is described as “VEPATHU” under 80 types of vataja nanatmaja vyadhi. It‟s nidana, lakshana, chikitsa are described in Madhava nidan, Basavarajeeyam, Bhaisajyaratnava. It co-releates with Parkinson‟s Disease in modern science. In modern science it is a progressive disese of the neurodegenerative disease. Parkinson‟s disease is prevelant all over the world and has no definitive treatment in modern science but in Ayurveda, it is the ocean for vatavyadhi chikitsa. In AYURVEDA, the first treatment is to equilibrium the vata dosha and secondly, to sustain the neurotransmitter by shaman, shodhana, rasayan theropy.

Keywords: Kampavata, Vatavyadhi, Parkinson's Disease.