Autism in Ayurveda

A male child aged 10 years was diagnosed with ‪ autism 5 years back met our Vaidya for consultation, 2 months back.The child was presenting the following symptoms.

Restlessness, aphasic - but was producing a hawking sound from throat as if a foreign body is stuck in voice cord. The eye contact was absent with inattentiveness to surroundings & irritable mood. Beating his mother, sleeplessness (hardly sleeps 2 hours in a day) & non cooperative to verbal command along with inattention in classes at special school were the other complaints.


Vaidya counseled the parents regarding managing their special child and provided a set of medicines for 2 months since they had come from neighboring state. Medicines prepared, under the supervision of our Vaidya, following the protocols of Ayurveda Pharmacology, was selected and given based on the Ayurveda clinical parameters observed.

A specified pattern of posology followed for  Vacābrahmi Rasayanam, AyabhrngarajaYasti kalpam & Anakas from Ayurveda. Help of  Cypriped & Agar from homeopathy too was taken in this case.
On 2nd of April 2016 coincidentally being the World Autism Awareness day our Vaidya got a phone call from the patient's father seeking for their 2nd appt with him.
 
During the call, he intimated that the child's behavior had become calm along with stopping of the abnormal hawking sound the child was making.  Eye contact is maintained now and that he  sleeps undisturbed for nearly 6 hours at night. His social mingling has improved to the extent that he started playing with his fellow children without beating or being aggressive to them.

Finally with an overwhelming voice out of ecstacy, the father informed our Vaidya that the child started pronouncing articulated words like ‘Amma’, ‘Atthae’, ‘Anna’ etc 3 words. Further gave an input of his observation that he produces a snapping sound with his tongue touching his palate.

Vaidya convinced the father not to worry about the snapping sound, since the child is trying to phonate observing the conversations from his family members.He further adviced the family members to speak in a slow rhythm to the child, so that he observes the lip and tongue movement from them to later try with himself in phonating the words.

As like the child's parents, our Vaidya too is excited to see his little client next week scheduled to meet him and plan the next course of treatment.
So Aham ||
Loka: Samastha: sukhino bhavantu: ||

Fibroid Uterus - Remedy with Ayurveda

A female aged 40 years approached me at my desk,on the evening of Nov.26.2013, with the clinical symptoms of ..,

• Bilateral Hip pain  in association with.,
• Cervical giddiness with occipital neuralgia & Nuchal migraine.

The cervical giddiness & the Occipital neuralgia in association with nuchal migraine were addressed with Marma Chikitsa, which she got relieved in 2 sessions held in a gap of 2 days in between.

Her Menstrual history was suggestive of uterine fibroid.with her M/C being 6 days/26 - 34 days; with occasional clots;profuse bleeding; 6-8 pads/day; blackish red colored flow; in association with non offensive, non itchy but mild leucorrhoea.Urination was significantly frequent, especially in supine posture.

She had a surgical history of resection of Fibroadenoma in her Rt.breast held on Aug.25.2013.

The USG findings, taken on Nov.24.2013,  were supportive of multiple fibroids; specifically 3 in number 1 each @ sub serous in anterior myocardium; sub serous in posterior myocardium of fundus & @sub mucosal over right side of body of uterus, whose measurements are being mentioned underneath with the comparative ones post treatment.

The client was reluctant to undergo another surgery for the fibroids, since she had the traumatic experience with the one due to the fibroadenosis, hence was keen enough to take the Ayurveda treatment, since she had immense faith over it.


Hence, based on the Ayurveda parameters of the dosha dushya sammurchana, a kashayam powder was prepared, based on the textual reference of classical pharmacopoeia,  with the essences of seven herbs and the client was asked to prepare the kashayam  by herself, which was advised to be consumed in empty stomach, daily twice, along with inclusion of palasha kshar.

Further more a homeo combination with Frax.am and AMN as one of its ingredients was prescribed in globule form, whose dosage was fixed at 2 globules four times in a day.

The above medications were continued for  period of 5 months, and was adviced for a follow up scan, which was taken on 22nd of Apr 2014.

The comparative results of either of the USG's taken at Nov.26.2013 &22nd of Apr 2014 , as have been comprehended, is presented in the following paragraph.

Herewith the USG taken on Nov.26.2013 will be henceforth referred as Recent USG & that of 22nd of Apr 2014 as the Previous USG.

Comparative Study:-

1. Recent USG shows Complete resolvement of 1 subserous cyst in anterior myocardium, which was measuring as 1.8x1.7 cm in previous USG.
2. The recent USG reveals only 2 fibroids out of the 3 present in the previous one. Of which the size of Subserous fibroid over the posterior myocardium of fundus currently measures 1.2x1.0 cms as of the previous measurement of 2.8x2.2 cms.
3. The current size of fibroid in Submucosa of the right side of the body of Uterus is 1.4x0.9 cms as against the 2.2x2.0 cms of previous USG findings.
4. Endometrial thickness currently is  6 mm (on 9th day of MC) as against 10 mm (on 6th day of MC) of previous one.
5. The Uterus is anteverted in either of the USG with a measurement of 8.1x4.2x4.6 cms in current as against the 8.9x4.7x5.1 cms measurement in previous USG.
   
   The quint essence of the seven herbs used in the combination, were to counter act the kapha & rakta dosha, mamsa & medo dhathu along with the vata anulomana property.
   
   -Sarve Santhu Niramaya: ||
   Vd..A.Rangaprasad Bhat.
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மேல் சுவாச பாதை நோய் தொற்று (URI அல்லது URTI)

மூக்கு, சைனஸ், தொண்டை அல்லது குரல்வளைஇவற்றில் எற்படும் அழற்ச்சி
மேல் சுவாச பாதை நோய் தொற்று (URI அல்லது URTI) எனும் விஷயத்தில் பொதுவாக அடங்கும்:
அவையாவன -
1.அடிநா அழற்சி - Tonsillitis
2. அடி தொண்டை அழற்சி - Pharyngitis
3. குரல்வளையழற்சி - Laryngitis
4. உட்புரையழற்சி - Sinusitis
5. நாசியழற்சி - Rhinitis
6. மூக்கு பாதை, தொண்டை, நாக்கு, உள் நாக்கு, மற்றும் அடிநா அழற்சி - Nasopharyngitis
7. இடைச்செவியழற்சியில் - Otitis media
8.ஜலதோஷம்- Common cold,
9.குரல்வளை மூடியழற்சி-Supraglottitis
10.குரல்வளை, தொண்டை, மற்றும் ஸப்க்ளாட்டிக் (subglottic) பகுதியில் அழற்சி - Laryngotracheitis
11. தொண்டை மற்றும் ஸப்க்ளாட்டிக் (subglottic) பகுதியில் அழற்சி - Tracheitis

அடையாளங்கள் மற்றும் அறிகுறிகள்:
இருமல்,
தொண்டை புண்,
மூக்கு ஒழுகுதல்,
நாசி நெரிசல்,
தலைவலி,
குறைந்த தர காய்ச்சல்,
முக அழுத்தம்
தும்மல்.
அறிகுறிகள் 1-3 நாட்கள் தொற்றுkku பின்னர் தொடங்குகிறது. நோய் பொதுவாக 7-10 நாட்களுக்கு நீடிக்கும் தன்மைக்கொண்டது.

ஹீமோலெடிக் ஸ்ட்ரெப்டோகோக்கல் அழற்சியில் பொதுவாகக் கீழ்கண்ட அறிகுறிகள் காணப்படும் - தொண்டை புண், விழுங்குகையில் தொண்டை வலி, காய்ச்சல்.

தொண்டை வீக்க நோயில் பொதுவாக -மூக்கு ஒழுகுதல், குரல் மாற்றங்கள் அல்லது இருமல் ஏற்படாது.

வலி மற்றும் அழுத்தம் இடைச்செவியழற்சியில் காணப்படும் மற்றும் வைரஸ் விழி வெண்படல அழற்சியில் (Viral conjucntivitis) ஏற்படும் கண் சிவப்பு, பெரும்பாலும் மேல் சுவாச நோய் தொடர்புடையதாக இருக்கிறது.

ஆயுர்வேதத்தில் சிகிச்சை முறைகள்:

நஸ்யம்
தூமபானம் எனும் பஞ்ச கர்ம முறைகள் கொண்டும்..,
தீபனீயம்
பாசனீயம்
அனுலோமனம்
கபச்சேதகம்
வாத கப ஹரம்
விரேசகம்
வாமகம் - போன்ற  மருந்தியல் செயல்களைக் கொண்ட மூலிகை கலவைகள் கொண்டு குணம் கொடுக்கப்படும்.

 
தீபனீயம்,பாசனீயம்,அனுலோமனம்,கபச்சேதகம்,வாத கப ஹரம் போன்ற மருந்தியல் செயல்களைக் கொண்ட மூலிகை கலவைகளால் எமது வைத்திய ஸாலையில் "ஸ்ருங்யாதி" எனும் காப்ஸ்யூல் தந்து மேற்கூறிய நோய்களின் தாக்கத்திற்க்கு இணங்க மருந்தின் அளவினை நிர்ணயம் செய்து தருகின்றோம்.

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Obesity Management With Ayurveda Combination Sthoulyahara

Treatment of Obesity as per the siddhanta of Ayurveda has to be planned taking into the consideration of the following factors the Kapha,Pitta & Vata doshas; the bala / physical strength of the person; the rasa, rakta,mamsa & medo dhatus.

Treating obesity successfully is a challenging job for physicians of any system of practice of medicines.

It had been said in one context of explanation of obesity that कार्श्यमेव  वरं  स्थौल्यं ॥(Karshyameva varam sthoulyam ||). Which means Being lean is better than being obese,specifically when it comes with treating them.

Sthoulya is possible to control but with difficulty. It is because  santarpana / excess nutrition (calories) will lead to further medodhatu vruddhi / accumulation of adipose or fat tissues and apatarpana (Starvation or Extreme Dieting) will not conquer tikshna agni bala / profound digestive activity .

 More over, sthoulya persons will naturally be durbala / depleted in energy due to improper nourishment of the Saptadhatus, hence the obese or sthoulya perons may not be able to withstand the extremity of depletion of nourishment caused by the extereme dieting.
It is believed in Ayurveda that the sapta dhatus / 7 tissue elements are complimentary to each other and that each of the tissues has the quality of their predecessor tissues.

We too had our difficulties in treating obese persons, not until when I happened to stumble up on certain specific references while researching the vast repertory available in various samhitas related Ayurveda.

Based up on those fine tuned research for the herbs, we started providing the "Sthoulyahara" which is a combination of two preparations.One in the form of kvatha churna to which some fruit pulp are to be added, while preparing the kashayam and other in the form of Capsules.

This specific combination, the "sthoulyahara",might give an impression to you that it drastically reduces the weight, since the discussion is about obesity. Any expectations of loosing 5 kgs to 12 kgs in a month may not and will not get fulfilled with this combination. We are not claiming tall regarding the Sthoulyahara with regards to the perpective of weight loss.To the most you can expect 1 to 3 kgs of weight loss per month that's it.
The result we get from the feedback of our clients are encouraging.

But, the Sthoulyahara do have a profound inclination in reducing and controlling the LDL / Low density lipids & the Triglycerides.

One must understand that it is the low density lipids, which is the culprit, which gives the sensation of heaviness and pendulous appearence of the body parts like the abdomen,buttocks, thighs and the arms accumulated with the adiposity.
When once the LDL starts getting reduced, the subjective feeling of heaviness of body parts gets reduced initially, and there by one's girth of the body too gets shrunken gradually.
As of our clinical & physical observation there has always been a particular pattern of losings one's cumulative fat deposit. 

The face is the first index representing the action of the medicines consumed. It starts losing its excess fat deposit. 

If no fat present in face already, then it's contour remains the same as it was, even, before taking the medicines. Following the face, one will start feeling the lightness and loss of excessive fat in the following areas the buttocks,then the abdomen along with the thighs followed by the chest & the arms.

The above sequence of loss of fat has been observed in almost 60 to 70 % of the patients who took the medicines religiously and followed the diet and exercise regimen adviced appropriately.

WBC,RBC & Hb Aberrations - A brief clinical input

 A patient with the following symptoms approached our clinic for appropriate treatment.

 1.Reduced WBC & RBC counts and Hb%
2.Splenomegaly
3.Fatty liver
4.Mild ascites with Anasarca
5.Loss of appetite with nausea and vomiting
6.Constipated bowels with dysuria

On careful analysis based on the Ayurveda siddhantas, and after thorough search in the repertories of samhitas for medicinal combination just the following two medicines were selected and given to the patient after preparing with the specifications mentioned in the classical text.

1.Dasamulapancakoladi kvath churn
2.Punarnavadi churn, Care was taken to include all the ingredients mentioned in the reference.

Mode of action for which the above medicines selected..
1.Appetiser
2. Digestive
3. Carminative
4.Tonic to Spleen and Liver
5.Indicated in Ascites
6.Mild diuretic
7.Laxative
8.Rejuvenative
9.Acts on Pitta,Kapha and Vata respectively.
10.Negates the aberrated ap,teja&vayu maha bhuta
11.Influences the rasa,rakta,mamsa and medo dhatus.

Observation post medication:


Observation after one month medication, partaken by the patient is as follows.

1.The counts of WBC & RBC along with Hb% increased.
2.Colicky Pain over splenic area nil.
3.Appetite improved; gained 3 kgs of lost weight
4.Clarity of face improved with disappearance of the erst while sunken face.
5.Pedal oedema completely null.
6.Nausea, vomiting, dysuria relieved.
7.Bowels loose and regular.

We in our clinic always prefer and advice the patients to prepare fresh kashayam by themselves and try to avoid the readymade kashayam available in the market, since we believe that the potency of the alkaloids in the fresh kashayam gets preserved in its fullest extent.

The immense joy felt by the patient, on getting relievd of the problems and returning to his normal life could not be expressed in words over here,but only be felt in one's presence.

Our belief that Ayurveda is not a slow acting system of medicine has enhanced further with the rate of success in the above case.

The entire credit goes to the blessings of the almighty showered up on him and us in ensuing proper selection & treatment in the above case.

Sinusitis / நீர்க்கோவை in Ayurveda

முகப்புரை (Introduction) :- 

தலை குகரம் (Sinus Cavity) என்பவை மண்டை ஓட்டினுள்ளே அமையப்பெற்ற, காற்றினால் நிரப்பபெற்ற குகைப் போன்ற ஒரு அறை.(The sinuses are air-filled spaces in the skull.They are present behind the forehead, nasal bones, cheeks, and eyes) 

அவ்வாறான அமைப்புகள் பின் வரும் நான்கு பகுதிகளின் பின்னே ஒளிந்துக்கிடக்கும்- அவையானவை 

(அ) நெற்றி(Frontal Sinus- நெற்றிக்குகரம் ); 

(ஆ) நாசிகை (Nasal Sinus - நாசிக்குகரம்); 

(இ) கன்னங்கள் (Maxillary Sinus -கன்னக்குகரம் ); 

(ஈ) கண்கள் (Sphenoidal Sinus - ஆப்பு குகரம்; Sphenoidal = wedge shaped = ஆப்பு (படம் காண்) = முக்கோண வடிவிலான கருவி
 

மேற்க்கூரிய 4 அமைப்புகளின் அகத்தே உட்புற  சவ்வு chavvu - (Mucous membrane -  மூடுதோல்) ஒட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கும். இத்திசையின் பரப்பிலிருந்து தான் சளிப்போன்ற நீர் (Mucous secretion) சுரக்கும்.

That are lined with mucus membranes, which secretes the mucus.