A Case Report- Management Of Ardita Through Ayurveda

ABSTRACT

Ardita is considered among eighty vataja nanatamaj vikara by Acharya Charaka. The objective of present study was to find out the effective Ayurvedic management in Ardita. A 15 yrs. old female patient reported to outpatient department of kaumarbhritya A&U Tibbia College & hospital with complaints of right side deviation of mouth and difficulty in eating through left side of mouth. The patient was diagnosed as Ardita on the basis of history and examination and treated on the line of Ardita chikitsa. The patient was given dashmoola kwath, kumar kalyan ras and Anu tailam pratimarsha nasya. There is significant improvement in presenting complaints. Before starting the treatment the Sunnyook facial grading score of facial nerve was 17 and after commencement of 30 days treatment it was 73. There was no side effect observed during and after the treatment