Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF MADATYAYA: A CASE STUDY

Piyush Gupta*, Julee Mathur and Anita Sharma

Abstract

Chronic alcoholism is a condition where one is habitual to have alcohol despite of having physical, mental and social problem. In an ayurvedic setting, difficult task to deal with Madatyaya (alcoholism/alcohol withdrawal syndrome) is made easy by great drugs described in ayurvedic text. The patient was given ayurvedic treatment with avipattikar churna, pittantak churna, mukta-shukti bhasma, Ashvagandha churna, vidari-kanda churna, Brahmi vati, Syp. Shankhapushpi, Syp. M-liv, Vish-tinduk vati, Ajmodadi churna, Lavanbhashkar churna and shirodhara with brahmi him. This treatment approach to improve condition of patient with improvement in sign and symptoms of alcoholism.

Keywords: Madatyaya, Chronic alcoholism, Alcohol withdrawal syndrome, Ayurvedic setting, Ayurvedic regime.