Abstract

AYURVEDIC AND MODERN MANAGEMENT OF VEGAAVASTHA AND AVEGAVASTHA OF APASMAR: A REVIEW STUDY

Dr. Swapnali Govind Pawar*, Dr. Avinash Jaywant Jadhav, Dr. Priyanka Rajesh Meher

Abstract

Apasmara, in Ayurvedic classics seems to be identical with description of epilepsy in modern medicine. Epilepsy is the second most common neurological disease. Epilepsy affects 1% of the world’s population a most common serious disorder of the brain, greatly impacting on the quality of life of individuals. In Apasmar there is imbalance in three doshas Vata, Pitta, Kapha singly or all three of them together. So, the present conceptual study helps to understand the disease of the Modern era by the Ayurvedic perspective and contributes in the Integrative approach in the management of Apasmara or Epilepsy.

Keywords: Apasma, Epilepsy, Vegavastha, Avegavastha.