Abstract

STUDY OF EFFECT OF MADHUTAILIKA BASTI (REJUVENATING ENEMA CONTAINING HONEY AND SEASAME OIL) ON FATIGUE INDEX IN PREMATURE AGEING

Dr. Santosh Chavan*, Dr. Surendra M. Vedpathak, Dr. Kavita Indapurkar and Dr. Umesh Shivajirao Ghate

ABSTRACT

The number of people suffering from Premature Ageing is rising tremendously and at an alarming rate on the global scale which is having a strong negative impact on the entire society at large and hence it is the prime need of the hour to find a reliable solution in order to combat the problem and hence the current study was undertaken. Basti‟, one of the five therapeutic procedures in „Panchakarma‟ is an important „Ayurvedic therapy‟. „MaadhutailikaBasti‟, a type of „YapanaBasti‟ a type of rejuvenating medicated enema which is a mixture of oil, honey, „and „ShatapushpaKalka‟ (fine paste obtained after wet grinding of the plant material Anthenumsowa). Basti karma simply means medicated enema The Harvard step test is a type of cardiac stress test for detecting and diagnosing cardiovascular disease. It also is a good measurement of fitness and a person's ability to recover after a strenuous exercise.60 patientsage group from 18-45 yrs. having symptoms of Premature ageing was selected and Harvard step test was carried out on that patient fatigue index was calculated then Madhutailk Basti was administrated as per guideline given in Ayurvedic texts after 15 days once again Harvard steptest was carried out and fatigue index was calculated .Z-test was used to check the efficacy of Madhutailika Basti. It was observed that P-Value is less than 0.05 hence Madhutailk Basti increases physical fitness in Premature aging subject.

Keywords: Premature ageing, Madhutailika Basti, FatigueIndex, Panchakarma, Harvard step test.