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AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF MRIDD-BHAKSHAN JANYA PANDU WITH SHAMANA CHIKITSA & KRUMIGHNA BASTI: A CASE REPORT

Dr. Gokarna Ankushrao Chavan*, Dr. Asharani H. and Dr. Yogeshwari B.

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Pandu is described in all Ayurvedic classical text. Ayurveda is gives equal importance to both preventive & curative aspects. Skin of person with Pandu gets whitish and pallor (Pandu Varna).[1] It is a disease entity which has some physical as well as psychological clinical features similar to that of various type of anaemia. Pallor skin and decrease the level of Haemoglobin is the basic diagnostic criteria of anaemia. In present scenario according to WHO, anaemia is very common in general population and around 2 billion people are suffering from anaemia across the world.[2] It affects all group of population A 19-year-old girl who had a history of consuming large amounts of mud and brick presented to our hospital's outdoor-patient department (OPD) with complaints of anorexia, indigestion, nausea, fatigue, vertigo, periorbital and periumbilical swelling as well as a USG report of massive splenomegaly and a haematological report of anaemia. It can be regarded as Mridd- BhakshanJanya Pandu in terms of ayurveda. Therefore, the patient was treated in accordance with Mridd-Bhakshan Janya Shamana chikitsa & Krumighna basti.

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