Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF VATAJA SHIRASHOOLA: A CASE REPORT

Dr. Miral Patel*, Dr. N. Janani and Dr. S. Md. Nihaluddin

Abstract

Headache is an extremely common phenomenon experienced by most of the people. In today’s life style tension headache is most commonly seen. Tension headache is related to stress, depression and anxiety. Tension headache can be correlated with vataja shirashoola in Ayurveda context. Acharya Charak had explained nidana of vataj shirashoola such as upavasa, shoka, bhaya, trasa etc. In Ayurved samhitas it is said that Pathyadi kwatha with guda and Ghritapana with sharkara are effective in shiro-roga chikitsa. So, an attempt has been made to assess the effect of pathyadi kwatha and ghritapana in the management of vataja shirashoola. In this, a single case study has been conducted. After 15 days of treatment, considerable improvement was seen in the clinical features of vataja shirashoola.

Keywords: Vataja Shirashoola, Tension headache, Pathyadi kwatha, Ghritapana.