A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF NAGARADI KASHAYAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DAIHIKA JWARA IN CHILDREN

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  • Dr Neha Anil Kuwalekar

Abstract

Jwara is the most important disease among the diverse ailments that are explained in Ayurvedic classics which need immediate care and cure otherwise lead to the complications. jwara is mentioned with signs as well as separate disease. It is said that each and every individual suffers from jwara at the time of birth and death1. It is also believed that the doctor who is able to treat jwara can easily control any other disease because, all the modes of treatments are advisable to cure the condition in different stages. In the present era, jwara is the commonest symptom visited by the physicians routinely. It has caused more concern to all human beings irrespective of age, sex, caste, creed, social status etc. Children are more prone to jwara due to their immaturity of tissues. Daihika or sharira jwara is the type of jwara mentioned by Charaka2 which is having sharira Santapa is the cardinal symptom

            Increase of body temperature of fever is the most common feature in most of the diseases particularly in children if not controlled properly in time, worsens the disease condition. Hence, the control of temperature is must in the treatment of any disorder. Oral temperature above 99.5F or 37.50C is considered as fever3.

            Already many potent antipyretic formulations are available in modern medicine, but they are not devoid of complications like side effects, drug resistence etc. Ayurveda too has many formulations for jwara, but it is essential to carryout experimental studies of different formulations to find out a potent, safer, cost effective formulation, without any side effect that can be easily administered in children and assimilated by their body. Nagaradi Kashayam is mentioned in Vrinda Madhava Jwaratisara Prakarana and Phalashruti is given as sarvaJwarahara Kwatha4, hence an attempt is made to evaluate the efficacy of Nagaradi Kashayam in the management of Daihika jwara in children.

 

METHODS

            30 patients were selected who were suffering from Jwara (oral temperature above 99.5 F). they were treated with Nagaradi Kashayam and doses were fixed as per age. Detailed observations were made before and after treatment. Statistical analysis was made and conclusion was drawn.

RESULT

Nagaradi Kashayam showed significan effect on the management of Daihika Jwara.

KEYWORDS

Jwara, Nagaradi Kashayam, Ayurveda

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2021-08-25

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