“AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE- A CASE STUDY”
Dr. Sumit Srivastava*
ABSTRACT
Chronic renal failure, a consequence of chronic kidney disease, trauma,
immune disorder, and certain other conditions, is a growing public
health concern worldwide. Often causing high health care costs but
yielding poor outcomes, kidney disease is the ninth leading cause of
death in the United States, and is growing in incidence in other
industrialized nations. All individuals with GFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2
for 3 months are classified as having chronic kidney disease,
irrespective of the presence or absence of kidney damage. Ayurvedic
text have also described various categories of mutraroga like
mutraghata, mutrakricchr, ashmari and wide range of herbo mineral
drugs as therapeutic measures. This clinical observation was undertaken to notice the action
of Ayurvedic drugs in the management of CRF on a 69 years old patient. Patient was advised
Gomutra, Gokshur seed decoction and Gokshuradi Guggula with Varunadi kwath anupan
for regularly two months. Significant improvement in all subjective as well as objective
parameters was noted.
Keywords: Chronic renal failure, mutrakricchr, Gomutra, Gokshuradi Guggula, Varunadi kwath, Gokshur seed decoction.
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