Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF PAYASERAŅḌA TAILAM VIRECANA AND YOGAVASTI IN PAKṢĀGHĀTA W.S.R TO ISCHEMIC STROKE

*M. Madhurya and Dr. K. Harsha Vardhan Appaji

Abstract

In modern world, changing life style leads to vitiation of Vāta, chief among Tridoṣas and dynamic entity of life and locomotion. Pakṣāghāta took a prime position among all other 80 types of Vāta Vyadhis. Hemiplegia also caused by a wide spectrum of disease processes like CVA, infective disorders of brain tissue, tumors, trauma etc. CVA is a 3rd most common cause of death in the world, after Cancer and Ischemic disease. It is mainly two types Ischemic and Hemorrhagic. Ischemic is due to lack of blood flow and Hemorrhagic is due to bleeding. About 80% of all ischemic strokes are mainly due to Cerebral Infarction. In Ayurveda the symptoms of Pakshaghata as loss of function either in rt or lt side along with pain and aphasia/dysarthria.[1] In present clinical study the panchakarma treatments as follows Snehapāna, Abhyaṉga, Svedana, Virecana karma, Saṃsarjana krama and then Yoga Vasti. Virecana is a process by which the vitiated dosha are expelled through the adhomarga. Basti therapy covers more than half of the treatment of all the disease. Considering both line of treatments, present study was planned study the efficacy of Virecana & Basti in Pakshaghata affected patients. Present study was undertaken on 60 patients of Pakṣāghāta Patients were randomly selected from the OPD and IPD of S.V. Ᾱyurvedic Hospital, T.T.D, Tirupati. Statistical Analysis: The results are subjected to ANOVA followed by Turkey multiple comparison test of 60 patients in group. The values of p

Keywords: Pak??gh?ta, Virecana, yogavasti, ischemic stroke.