Objective of the study is to evaluat e and compare the immediate role of abhyanga sweda and haridra dhumapana in the disease tamaka shwasa. T amaka Shwasa, a disease of the pranavaha srotas due to its periodicity and severity is one among the life threatening disorde rs. The management during the attacks is an important principle of treatment in this disease. Among the many treatment measures men tioned for shwasa, lavana taila abhyanga along with nadi sweda and haridra dhumapana were selected in this study. This study is a two group comparative clinical pre - test and post test design where the patients were evaluated before and after treatment on 4 th day . Therapeutic effect was observed using the subjective and the objective criteria which were graded and analysed statistically using the‘t’ test. M oderate remission of the symptoms of tamaka shwasa was noticed in almost all patients in this study. Th e response by the treatment was statistically significant in terms of all the symptoms of the disease in bot h the groups except for the symp tom dyspnoea in group A which showed that both treatments help as an immediate line of treatment . Comparing between the two groups the result was statistically significant in all parameters except in PEFR and laboured breathing and the effec t was better in group B .