Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF CEREBROVASCULAR ATTACK BY AYURVEDIC TREATMENT- A CASE STUDY

Mrunal Khilare*, Yogesh T. Kotangale and Sumedha Yogesh Kotangale

ABSTRACT

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in India. Stroke is heterogeneous group of disorders. This disease has posed a great problem to the medical field as far as its treatment is concerned. There is a wealth of information available on the cause, prevention, risk, and treatment of stroke. Even then much, less is known about the treatment of the stroke, there is no any satisfactory and widely acceptable measure for the stroke. Many studies were being conducted in the field of Ayurveda as well as in contemporary fields for achieving the better line of management for Cerebro Vascular accident (CVA). A case study of CVA was admitted, with the complaints of loss of strength in the right side of the body, associated with drowsiness, difficulty in walking, slurred speech, heaviness of affected side of the body with pain, stiffness and bladder incontinence slurred speech and on examination found Glasgow coma scale was 14/15 (E -3, M-5, V-6) and CT scan suggested. Acute hemorrhage in left thalamus and corona radiata and along with laboratory investigations, case was diagnosed as Pakshaghata with Pittakaphavruta vata. Various treatment procedures like Snehan, Swedan, Nasya, Basti 1 etc. with oral medicines were adopted at various stages of the disease. There was a remarkable improvement in the subjective and objective clinical Features. Result are encouraging for the further advance research in CVA.

Keywords: Stroke, Ayurveda, Pakshaghata, Cerebro Vascular Accident.