Abstract

AYURVEDA AS A BOON IN CELEBRAL PALSY – A CASE REPORT IN PAEDIATRICS

Dr. Ajay Rana* (MD Bal Rog) and Dr. Sonika Jarial (MD Panchkarma)

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Abstract

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the leading cause of childhood disability affecting function and development. CP is defined as a nonprogressiveneuromotor disorder of cerebral origin. It cannot be correlated with any single disease or condition in Ayurveda, as it is a multi-factorial disease with clinical features of a wide variation. According to Vāgbhaṭa, it is classified in the disease categories of sahaja (hereditary) and garbhaja (congenital) and jātaja (psychosomatic) type of diseases. Of the many types and subtypes of CP, none has any known "cure." Here, an effort was made to treat a 5-year-old female child with spastic type of CP using multiple Ayurveda treatment modalities. At the end of 60 days of treatment, Panchakarma procedures along with internal medication resulted in 15-20% improvement in the overall effect of therapy.

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