Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF HEPATITIS B: A CASE REPORT

Anupam Srivastava* and Abhinav

ABSTRACT

Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) which affects the liver. It can cause both acute and chronic infections. The clinical features such as; Yellow discoloration of urine, sclera, mucous membrane and skin, are comparable to the clinical features of Kamala as described in Ayurvedic lexicon.[1] Presently short and long acting interferon which boost up the immune system and improves the level of inflammation are the support of treatment, but these drugs do not cure the disease and their long term safety and efficacy is unknown. That’s why; biomedical researches are inclined towards alternative resources to solve this dread of disease. The treatment of Kamala includes pitta pacifying rasas and deepana-pachana guna, which convert sama-pitta to nirama-pitta.[5] It plays very important role in the samprapti vighatana of the Kamala disease. The case described in this article was managed with the same guideline of Kamala Chikitsa as described in Ayurvedic literatures[1-9] and results were obtained. Although this single case is not sufficient to prove the efficacy, author has tried to explore his idea through this article to state that Ayurvedic management of Hepatitis B is very effective and more efficacious than the modern medicines.

Keywords: Hepatitis B, Jaundice, Kamala, Sama-pitta, Antiviral drugs, Interferon.