Abstract

A ROLE OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT ON HIKKA VYADHI W. S. R. TO SKHUDRA HIKKA AND ANNAJA HIKKA

Dr. Rupali Kawade*, Dr. A. V. Joshi and Dr. Neha Singh

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda-The science of life elaborately explains many important diseases. One such disease among them is Hikka vyadhi, which holds a detail explanation. It can be correlated to hiccups in modern science. The hiccup is an involuntary contraction of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute. There are many similarities in Hikka and Swasa vyadhi. Both causes sudden death (shighrapranaharaka vyadhi’s).The kapha and vata dosha’s are the main factors of samprapti (pathogenesis) of Hikka vyadhi. According to Acharya charaka if a patient suffering from hikka indulges in unwholesome diet (mithyaahara vihara) it acts like poison of snake and causes death of the patient. Acharya charaka has also guided to treat Hikka and Swasa vyadhi as early as possible as it is difficult to treat and is shighrapranaharaka. It is observed many times that the disease Hikka is relieved by Ayurvedic medicine. So Ayurveda is one of the best preferable health science to give good solution on Hikka vyadhi. Ayurvedic classical texts has described many ayurvedic formulations, single drug therapy as well as panchakarma for the management of Hikka vyadhi.

Keywords: Hikka vyadhi, Kshudra hikka, Annaja hikka, Ayurvedic principles, Ayurvedic management.