Abstract

Dr. Sakshi Chauhan*

ABSTRACT

Karnanada considered as illness caused by the vitiation of Vata Dosha in which a person hears different types of sound in the absence of any relevant external stimulus. Nowadays, it can be considered tinnitus, a disease with multifactorial etiology. It may be concerned with unhealthy condition of only ear, ear with head disease, only head disease or may be associated with general body condition. In tinnitus the patient got ringing, buzzing or other types of sound in one or both ears which might be constant and inconstant often associated with hearing loss. In Ayurveda it is described as preliminary symptoms of hearing loss, which without treatment or with incomplete or improper treatment will progress towards hearing loss. In the present scenario of electronic devices which produce electro-magnetic waves (which are harmful to the ear including whole body organs), the number of such type of cases are increasing frequently worldwide. Causes of tinnitus according to modern medicine are unclear or have multiple etiologies therefore treatment guideline of tinnitus in modern practice is not definite hence prognosis of disease. also remains uncertain. But in Ayurveda prognosis and line of treatment of Karnanada is mentioned and we can achieve good and satisfactory results.