Role of Haridradi Avaleha in the Management of Tamaka Shwasa (Childhood Bronchial Asthma) – A Single Case Study

Abstract

The word Shwasa is derived from the root ‘Shwasa Prinane’– which actually means  difficulty in the entry of prana in the pranavaha srotas. Shwasa word  indicates  both  physiological  and  pathological state of  respiration. Tamaka Shwasa is one of the five types of disease shwasa. It is a disease of mainly pranavaha srotas. The sign and Symptoms and etiopathogenesis of Tamaka Shwasa explained in Ayurvedic  literature  have lot of similarities with the disease entity Bronchial Asthma. The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of the formulation, Haridradi Avaleha in reducing the sign and symptoms of Childhood asthma. A 13 years old boy male Hindu patient from Limda village, Vadodara presented in the OPD of Kaumarbhritya department, Parul Ayurved Hospital, Parul University who presented clinical features of Tamaka Shwasa  was treated by internal Ayurvedic formulation, Haridradi Avaleha showed marked improvement in  the subjective parameters like breathlessness, cough, corzya, awakening in night etc and in objective parameters like ACT(Asthma Control Test), PEFR(Peak Expiratory Flow Rate) some hematological parameters viz. AEC (Absolute Eosinophil Count), ESR (Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate), WBC Lymphocyte, Neutrophil, discussed here. All subjective and objective parameters were examined during 60 days of follow up-visits, and no instances of the above complaints were reported.