Abstract

A CASE STUDY: MANAGEMENT OF EPILEPSY (APASMAR) IN CHILDREN BY AYURVEDIC REGIMEN

Mrudul S. Ghatol*, Anil B. Kale and Ashwini M. Patil

Abstract

Epilepsy is the most common management of neurological troubles and stands after stroke and dementia in its prevalence. Epilepsy is a prime public fitness hassle all around the world. The percent of the overall populace with epilepsy at a given time levels from 4-10 in keeping with 1,000 people. The case mentioned right here is of 8 year old male child, recognised as a case of seizure disorder along with his 1st episode at 1 year of age because of febrile illness, seizure manifested as generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) kind of seizure lasting for 3-5min; then he got here to Ayurvedic OPD and changed into given ayurvedic regimen (i.e. Smrutisagara Rasa, Saraswatarishta, etc) together with panchakarma procedures. He had substantial relief from signs and symptoms of epilepsy. The recurrence or the frequency of sickness discovered to be markedly reduced. The Ayurvedic regimen, together with the panchakarma procedure, proved to be useful on this case.

Keywords: Apasmara, Epilepsy, Tonic-clonic, Panchakarma.