CLINICAL EVALUATION OF MUHURMUHUR PRAYOGA OF PUSHKARAMULASAVA DURING THE ATTACKS OF TAMAKA SHWASA (BRONCHIAL ASTHMA)

Abstract

A clinical study based on the c onceptual review of the disease Tamaka shwasa (Bronc hial asthma) and its treatment, in particular , to the use of atyayika chikitsa during the episodes and also an evaluation of the immediate role of Pushkaramulasava in the disease tamaka shwasa. Tamaka Shwasa, a disease of the pranavaha srotas is one among agonizing disorders. The management of agony created to the patient during the attacks is a fi eld of concern in this disease. Among the many treatment measures mentioned for shwasa, Shamana using Pushkaramulasava has been selected in this study in a repeat ed dosage pattern a nd the effect was evaluated. This study has a single group pretest and post test design where the patients were evaluated before, during and after the treatment. Therapeutic effect was observed using the subjective and the objective cri teria’s which were gr aded and analyz ed statistically using the paired‘t’ test. The patients were observed hourly during the first four days of treatment and weekly for four weeks. Marked remission of the symptoms of tamaka shwasa was noticed in almost all patients in this st udy. Thus response by the treatment was statistically significant with P value < 0.001 in terms of all the symptoms of the disease. Thus the muhurmuhur usage of Pushkaramulasava is proved to be useful in the condition tamaka shwasa as an immediate line of treatment.