Abstract

CLINICAL STUDY ON EFFICACY OF RAKTABASTI AND VASADI KWATH GHANAVATI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PANDUROGA

Dr. Panda Antaryami*, Prof. Dr. Panda Pradip Kumar and Dr. Sahu Manoranjan

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Panduroga, is a disease characterized by pandutva of body which strikingly resembles with „Anaemia‟ of modern science. Anaemia is defined as reduction in number of RBCs per cumm of Blood and quantity of Hb, resulting in pallor. Materials and methods: A clinical study on 30 Panduroga patients with low level of Hb gm%; 10 patients in each group (Group A, Group B and Group C) were registered from OPD and IPD of Govt. Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Balangir. In Group A patients, 60 ml of blood of a previously screened donor with same blood group was given per rectally after pre-operative management. The same procedure was repeated after 48 hours. In Group B, patients were given “Vasadi kwath Ghanavati” 2tab (500 mg each) thrice daily with honey orally for 30 days. In Group C, patients were given both “Raktabasti” and “Vasadi kwath Ghanavati” as per the above procedures. The patients were followed up at 5 days interval upto 30 days in order to find the efficacy of both the trials by statistical paired t test. Observation and result: There was 62.87% of improvement in signs and symptoms and 37.8% of increase in the level of Hbgm% (P

Keywords: Panduroga, Raktabasti, Vasadi kwath Ghanavati.