Abstract

*Sreelakshmi K. and Virendra Kumar Kori

ABSTRACT

„Cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing foetal or infant brain.[1] In Ayurvedic perspective, there is no direct reference to C.P. But according to symptoms, it has close relation with Avaranajanya Vatavyadhi. Symptoms like Vaksanga, Akshepaka, Dourbalya justifies this correlation. Aggravated Vata will have Sthanasamshraya at Mamsa-medo-asthi-majja Dhatu and Snayu leading to manifestation of C.P.[2] This is the case report of a 2 year old female child who is born out of LSCS and have a history of RDS during birth. The patient was presented with inability to stand or speak properly. She was presented with inability to hold things initially, at the age of 1 year. Since then, she is under allopathic treatment and physiotherapy. Later she visited the outpatient department of ITRA, Jamnagar and got admitted in the IPD. Panchkarma therapy along with Ayurvedic medications and proper dietary advises for 71 days and follow up after 30 days was done. Significant improvement was observed after assessment using various scales like MAS, MACS, MRC and QOL for C.P patients along with improvement in Hb value after 71 days of treatment. Significant improvement in this short period of management substantiates the benefits of Ayurvedic management in cerebral palsy.