Abstract

IMPORTANCE OF PANCHAKARMA IN LEARNING DISABILITIES

*Dr. Gouri Suryawanshi, Dr. Pramod Mandalkar and Dr. Chaitali Tarwate

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Abstract

Learning disabilities are a group of neurodevelopment disorders that can significantly hamper a person’s ability to learn new things. It results in person may have trouble with tasks such as speaking, reading, writing, paying attention, understanding information, remembering things, performing mathematical calculations, or coordinating movements. It has a prevalence rate ranging from 3-10 % among students of India. Maternal illness during pregnancy, Birth complications that block the flow of oxygen to the baby’s brain, Certain genes that can make the person more genetically predisposed to developing a learning disabilities, Injury, illness such as meningitis in early childhood, cerebral palsy and Down’s syndrome often involve some extent of learning disability. At present in modern science no effective treatment has been formulated which can be saw as complete cure to these disorders. Treatment option which is available is only physiotherapy and supportive medications. Various Panchakarma procedures like Udwartana, Sarvaanga abhvanga, Shastikshali pinda sweda, Shirodhara, Pratimarsha nasya and Basti can be beneficial in the management of neuromotor disorders in children. There is a need of proper understanding about panchakarma. This study is aimed on discussion about use of panchakarma procedure in children with learning disabilities.

Keywords: Learning disability, panchakarma, Ayurveda.