Role of Haridradi Avaleha in the Management of Tamaka Shwasa (Childhood Bronchial Asthma) – A Single Case Study

Aboli Patil,C R Swapnil,Rimpi Majumder

doi:10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i40b32284

Abstract

The word Shwasa is derived from the root ‘Shwasa Prinane’– which actually means difficulty in the entry of prana in the pranavaha srotas. Shwasa word indicates both physiological and pathological state of respiration. Tamaka Shwasa is one of the five types of disease shwasa. It is a disease of mainly pranavaha srotas. The sign and Symptoms and etiopathogenesis of Tamaka Shwasa explained in Ayurvedic literature have lot of similarities with the disease entity Bronchial Asthma. The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of the formulation, Haridradi Avaleha in reducing the sign and symptoms of Childhood asthma. A 13 years old boy male Hindu patient from Limda village, Vadodara presented in the OPD of Kaumarbhritya department, Parul Ayurved Hospital, Parul University who presented clinical features of Tamaka Shwasa was treated by internal Ayurvedic formulation, Haridradi Avaleha showed marked improvement in the subjective parameters like breathlessness, cough, corzya, awakening in night etc and in objective parameters like ACT(Asthma Control Test), PEFR(Peak Expiratory Flow Rate) some hematological parameters viz. AEC (Absolute Eosinophil Count), ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate), WBC Lymphocyte, Neutrophil, discussed here. All subjective and objective parameters were examined during 60 days of follow up-visits, and no instances of the above complaints were reported.

Highlights

Bronchial asthma, the commonest chronic respiratory disease in childhood is characterized by recurrent Paroxysmal wheeze and respiratory distress, due to reversible and dynamic narrowing of airways
The formulation used in this case study has Deepana, Pachana,Vata-Kapha hara, srotoshuddhikara and Rasayana properties which helped in Samprapti Vighatana of disease by increasing Agni(digestive power) and removing the Ama(toxin), helped to clear the Srotas and VataKapha shaman [10]
Before the treatment patient was suffering with breathlessness many a times which was grade 2, but after the follow up there was no breathlessness seen in the patient which is grade 0

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Introduction

The commonest chronic respiratory disease in childhood is characterized by recurrent Paroxysmal wheeze and respiratory distress, due to reversible and dynamic narrowing of airways. Asthma can occur in people of any age, even infants, most children with the illness developed it by about the age of (5-16) years. Asthma seems to be more common in boys than in girls in early childhood [1]. The prevalence of Bronchial Asthma has increased continuously since the 1970s, and affects an estimated 4 to 7% of the people worldwide [2]. Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic disease of childhood, leads to disturbed sleep, restriction in day to day activity and school absenteeism in school going children [3]. The disease appears as a multi factorial disorder including environmental factors & faulty dietary habits

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