Background:Cerebral palsy is a static encephalopathy that may be defined as a non-progressive disorder of posture and movement often associated with epilepsy and abnormalities in speech, vision and intellect resulting from a defect or lesion of the developing brain. There are 25 lakhs cerebral palsy affected children in India.Aim:To assess the efficacy of Rajayapana Basti (RB) and Baladi Yoga in motor disabilities of cerebral palsy in children.Materials and Methods:Total 98 children satisfying diagnostic criteria and between the age group of 2-10 years were included and randomly divided into two groups. In RB with Baladi group (n = 40) patients were treated with Mustadi Rajayapana Basti for 8 days, followed by oral administration of Baladi Yoga with honey and ghee for 60 days. Before administering Basti, patients were subjected to Sarvanga Abhyanga and Sastikashali Pinda Sveda. In the control group (n = 40), patients were given tablets of Godhuma Choorna for 60 days. Before administering the placebo tablet, the patients of the control group were given Sarvanga Abhyanga and Sastikashali Pinda Sveda for 8 days. The patients of the control group were given Basti with lukewarm water for 8 days.Results:RB group has shown improvements in understanding ability (13.43%), speech (10%) and performance skill (11.11%), in fine motor functions such as putting small object in to a container (14.3%), throws the ball in all direction (21.8%), use of thumb and index finger (10.93%), retaining 2 inch cube in fist (19.04%), folds paper and inserts into envelope (10.30%), in gross motor functions such as in crawling (26.7%), sitting (31.7%), standing (13.75%), walking (9.5%) and claps hands (13.9%) respectively.Conclusion:Mustadi RB along with Baladi Yoga provided a significant improvement in all the parameters and has promising result in managing motor disabilities of cerebral palsy in children.
40 children satisfying diagnostic criteria and age 2-10 years were included & randomly distributed into two groups of 20 patients each. Group A (Samvardhana ghrita orally) treated with 5 gms of Samvardhana ghrita with Madhu as anupana twice daily for 48 days. In Group B (Samvardhana ghrita as matrabasti), 20 ml of Samvardhana ghrita was administered through basti after local abhyanga with Moorchita Taila and local Swedana with Nadisweda method. For oral and matrabasti route, Group A and B shown improvements in language and performance (61.11%, 46.15%), speech (66.66%, 56.25%) and performance of skill (57.89%, 76.45%), in fine motor functions such as puts small object in a container (58.88%, 66.66%), throws ball in all direction (38.23%, 60.00%), uses thumb and index finger (34.21%, 68.75%), retain 2 one inch cube in fist (34.21%, 55.58%), folds paper inserts into envelope (66.66%, 38.88%), in gross motor functions such as in crawling (31.85%, 48.00%), sitting (55.55%, 57.89%), standing (36.36%, 61.90%), walking (34.61%, 44.00%) and claps hands (44.44%, 63.41%) respectively. Both oral administration and basti route of samvardhana ghrita have promising result in managing motor disabilities of cerebral palsy in children.
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the leading cause of childhood disability affecting cognitive function and developments in approximately 1.5 to 3 cases per 1000 live births. Based on Ayurvedic therapeutic principles, CP patients were subjected to Abhyanga (massage) with Moorchita Tila Taila (processed sesame oil) and Svedana (fomentation) with Shastikashali Pinda Sveda (fomentation with bolus of drugs prepared with boiled rice). Study group received Mustadi Rajayapana Basti (enema with herbal decoction) and Baladi Yoga (a poly-herbo-mineral formulation), while the placebo group received Godhuma Vati (tablet prepared with wheat powder) and saline water as enema. Treatment with Mustadi Rajayapana Basti and Baladi Yoga improved the activities of daily life by 8.79%, gross motor functions by 19.76%, and fine motor functions 15.05%, and mental functions like memory retention got improved by 15.43%. The placebo group showed an improvement of 0.21% in daily life activities, 2.8% in gross motor, and 2.4% in fine motor functions. Mustadi Rajayapana Basti and Baladi Yoga proved to be more supportive in improving the motor activities and gross behavioral pattern. Further clinical trials are required to evaluate and validate the maximum effect of the combination therapy in a large sample with repetition of the courses for longer duration.
Nutrition is major concern for the mankind. Food determines body condition right from the womb to tomb; it is main source of energy. Abnormal nutrition may cause both over and under nutrition hazards. It causes more than half of the nearly 11 million deaths each year among children under age five. Nutritional deficiency disorders are viewed under Apatarpanajanya vyadhis. Ancient Acharyas explained diseases related to nutritional deficiency such as Phakka, Parigarbhika, Bala shosha etc in different samhitas. This paper highlights Ayurvedic perspective of nutritional deficiency related disorders
Aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Ashwagandha ghrita Matra Basti on Karshya (underweight) in children. This study was single arm with pre and post test design carried out at inpatient level in a tertiary Ayurveda hospital attached to teaching institute located in district headquarters in Southern India. 10 children satisfying diagnostic criteria and age 6-10 years were given Abhyanga with Tila Taila and Nadi sweda followed by Matra Basti with Ashwagandha Ghrita (dose as per age) along with dietary advice for 15 days. The patients were followed up after a period of 30 days i.e., on the 45 th day. It was found that Matra Basti with Ashwagandha Ghrita showed highly significant results in subjective parameters such as general weakness, state of hunger, activity or interest as well as in objective parameters such as weight in Kg, height in cm, chest circumference, mid arm circumference and B.M.I. Matra Basti with Ashwagandha ghrita proved to be effective for weight gain in children with underweight.
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