A SINGLE CASE STUDY ON AYURVEDA MANAGEMENT OF BRONCHIECTASIS
Abstract
A male patient aged about 74 years had consultation at SDM hospital of Ayurveda, Udupi with severe cough with copious expectoration, haemoptysis, dyspnoea, chest congestion, fatigue, weight loss, repeated episodes of fever. He had habit of chronic smoking and was under irregular allopathic medication. He was treated in IPD, OPD level with tamaka Shwasa hara and Kaphaja kasa hara chikitsa principles and Basti karma, sweda to back of the chest. Patient got significant relief in major symptoms like haemoptysis, chest congestion and fatigue but got affected with pneumonia. Still only Ayurveda treatment was continued and got relieved. After eight months of treatment, even though the MRI and CT scan reports reveals degenerative prognosis, there was noticeable improvement in all the symptoms of Bronchiactasis, reduction in blood sugar level, improvement in Hb level, as well in quality of health.
KEY WORDS: Bronchiectasis, Shwasa, Intigrative medicine, Dasamoola Nirooha Basthi.
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