Ayurvedic approach in the management of Kampavata (Parkinson’s Disease)

Raj Kishor  Verma; Mahendra Prasad  Singh; Surinder  Kumar; Raman  Ranjan

doi:10.21760/jaims.9.7.39

Verma RK Dept. of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Kadamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India.
Singh MP Professor, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Kadamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India.
Kumar S Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Kadamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India.
Ranjan R Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Government Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Kadamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.9.7.39

Keywords: Kampavata, Vatavyadhi, Ayurveda, Parkinson’s disease

Abstract

Parkinson’s disease is known as Kampavata in Ayurvedic texts. It is a progressive neurological-degenerative disorder. Parkinson’s disease primarily affects the neurons in the area of the brain called the substantia nigra. It is now known that the death of the substantia nigra causes a dopamine deficit, which in turn causes Parkinson’s disease symptoms. In Ayurveda, 80 kinds of Vata diseases (Vatavyadhi) are described in Samhita. Vepathu has been mentioned in Charak Samhita as one of the eighty types of Nanatamaja disease of Vata. Globally, Parkinson's disease lacks a conclusive cure in traditional medicine, except anticholinergic medications used palliatively together with dopa decarboxylase inhibitors and levodopa. Ayurvedic therapy aims to maintain neuro-nutrition and balance Vata dosha through Rasayana remedies.

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