Role of Dashamoola Shatphala Ghrita in the management of Vataja Kasa w.s.r. to Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia - A Clinical Study

Avinash Mali; Sudhir A. Koli

doi:10.21760/jaims.v6i5.1484

Avinash Mali Post Graduate Scholar, Dept of Kayachikitsa, Acharya Deshabhushan Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Bedkihal, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.
Sudhir A. Koli Associate Professor, Dept of Kayachikitsa, Acharya Deshabhushan Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Bedkihal, Belagavi, Karnataka, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.v6i5.1484

Keywords: Dashamoola Shatphala Ghrita, Kasa, Pranavaha Srotas, Vataja Kasa, Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia.

Abstract

Kasa is a very common disease of Pranavaha Srotas. When Adhoga Gati of Vata is obstructed by Dusta Doshas, it attains the Urdhva Gati and takes Sthanasamshraya in Urah Pradesha and producing to Kasa. Vataja Kasa is one among the types of Kasa, where Shuska Kasa is prominent symptom. Vataja Kasa is taken as special reference to Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia because of similarities of signs and symptoms. India being one of the tropical country, the prevalence of Vataja Kasa vis-à-vis Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia is remarkably high. The syndrome is particularly endemic in India, Sri Lanka, South East Asia and Africa and has been reported from filarial epidemic areas worldwide. In this present study an attempt is made to evaluate the efficacy of Dashamoola Shatphala Ghrita in Vataja Kasa vis-à-vis Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia. A minimum of 30 subjects who fulfilled the diagnostic & inclusion criteria was subjected to the intervention. The overall results in the study revealed statistically highly significant result.

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