The comparative study of Virechana Karma and Basti Karma in the management of Pakshaghata wsr CVA

Abstract

InAyurvedictext there are 80nanatmaj vyadhieswhich are attributed tovata dosha,Pakshaghatais one of them.Pakshaghatais a disabling disease which is manifested as paralysisof one side of the body caused by vitiation ofvata dosha. Hemiplegiaalsocaused by a widespectrum of disease processes like vascular disorders, infective disorders of brain tissue,tumours, trauma etc.Virechanais a process by which the vitiateddoshaare expelled through theadhomarga. Bastitherapy covers more than half ofthe treatment of all the disease. Consideringboth line of treatments, present study was planned to compare the efficacy ofVirechanaandBastiin Pakshaghata affected patients. For this study 60 patients satisfying the selection criteria wererandomly selected from the OPD and IPD of Panchakarma Department of National Institute ofAyurved(N.I.A), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and equally divided into three groups viz., Group A-Virechana karmawith castor oil, Group B-Basti karmawithErandmooladi Niruhana Basti(dose 950 ml) andMaha Masha Taila Anuvasan Basti(lowest dose has been selected i.e.60 ml)in the form ofkarma bastifor 30 days while in Group C-bothVirechanaandbastiwithErandamooladi Niruhana Basti and Maha Masha Taila Anuvasana bastiin the form ofkarmabasti) was administered. It is concluded from the study that Group C shows statistically highlysignificant result as compared to Group A and Group B. newline