Abstract

*Dr. Ratna Gadgil, Dr. Vinodini Payghan

ABSTRACT

Mainly Vata Dosha is the one which acts on nervous system or we can say Vata is nothing but nerve conduction base. Our nervous system controls all motor and sensory system of our body. Vata-which is root of our nervous system and also control the movements of other dosha of human body. Acharya Sushruta explained it in the Vatavyadhi adhyaya of chikitsa sthana. (Ardita is considered as one among the 80 types of Vata Nanatmaja Vyadhi described in our Ayurvedic classics. Ardita with special reference to facial palsy is a disease affecting all ages and more common in the present day scenario which causes distortion of face and associated with the impairment of motor and sensory functions of the affected side of the face, Effective treatment has been highlighted by contemporary science for this crippling disease, by the virtue of targeting the Dosha involved and there by curing the disease through Ayurveda is successful key in the treatment of facial palsy. Various Ayurvedic herbal formulations and Panchakarma procedures have been so far found effective in reversing the condition.