Ayurvedic Treatment For Asthma

Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common and most prevalent ailment, familiar to all with an equal
distribution more or less through out the world, rather without any exception to the developed and under developed countries. Bronchial asthma is the main complication of allergic rhinitis because patients of nasal allergy have four times more risk of developing bronchial asthma. In modern medical system a wide range of antibiotics and decongestants are available, but these drugs give only symptomatic relief. So it is need of hour to develop a treatment protocol, which helps the patients to overcome this pathetic condition hence this problem was selected for the study taking all these points into consideration. Nasya is the chief Shodhana procedure selected because this is the one and only procedure, which can perform Uttamanga shuddhi. Therefore Pippalyadi Taila has been selected in this study. One of the important formulations for controlling the allergic condition, which acts on immunity, is Haridra Khanda, it has the properties like Medhya, Rasayana, Balya, Brimhana, etc and it also promotes the physical and mental health of the patient hence has been selected for the present study as oral drug.. Total 32 patients were registered and were randomly divided into two groups. In group A Haridra Khanda and in group B Pippalyadi Taila Nasya along with Haridra Khanda were given for 2 months. The effect of therapy in both groups was assessed by a specially prepared proforma. In both the group an apparent difference in all the signs and symptoms were observed. In oral group and combined group maximum number of patients i.e., 45.45% and 53.33% of patients respectively showed marked improvement.