Case Study
Year: 2020 | Month: January | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 111-116
Treatment Protocol of Stroke (Pakshaghata) Through Ayurveda Medicine - A Case Study
Santosh Kumar Bhatted1, Uttamram Yadav2
1Associate Professor & HOD, Department of Panchakarma, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi
2PG Scholar, Department of Panchakarma, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi
Corresponding Author: Santosh Kumar Bhatted
ABSTRACT
Stroke is a common medical emergency and the second leading cause of death worldwide. In Ayurveda stroke is described as Pakshaghata. The present study is a case report on management of stroke of a male patient aged 40 years with chief complaints of loss of function of the left upper & lower limb. He was a diagnosed case of stroke on the basis of clinical presentation and brain-computed tomography-scan. The case treated with the Ayurveda medications was found to be effective in providing relief in chief complain with improvement of overall health of the patient. Treatment protocol was snehana, swedana, mridu virechana, basti karma, murdhani taila (shirodhara) along with internal medication which is mentioned by Acharya Sushruta. Before treatment NIH-Stroke Scale was 16 & Barthel index scale was 15 and after the treatment NIH-Stroke Scale was 4 & Barthel index scale was 70 providing symptomatic relief too. This reveals that Ayurveda treatment modalities can play a significant role in treatment of Stroke (Pakshaghata).
Key words: Virechana, Snehana, Svedana, Basti karma, Shirodhara, Abhyanga, Pakshaghata