MANAGEMENT OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS WITH SHIRISHADI CHURNA SEVAN- A CASE STUDY
Dr. Dhanashree Gole* and Dr. Nilakshi Pradhan
ABSTRACT
Allergic Rhinitis is an atopic disease.[1] It is IgE-mediated immunologic response of nasal mucosa to air borne allergens presenting with symptoms like sneezing, nasal congestion, clear rhinorrhoea and nasal puritis. It affects one in six individuals and is associated with significant loss of productive work and health care costs. Historically Allergic Rhinitis was thought to be a disease process of the nasal airway alone still the development of the unified airway theory has classified Allergic Rhinitis as a component of systemic allergic response with associated conditions such as asthma and atopic dermatitis sharing and underlying systemic pathology some of the clinical features of Allergic Rhinitis can be correlated with Vataj pratishaya. Pratishaya being one among the pranawaha strotojanya vikaras.[2] For the management of allergic rhinitis, the combination of shirish, haridra, sariva, kantakari and yashtimadhu churna along with madhu is to be given internally. The guna karma of these drugs are snighdha, amla, madhur, tikta, kashay, kaphahar -vatahar. This requires observation of eosinophil count of the patient before and after treatment.
Keywords: Vataj pratishaya, pratishaya, pranawaha strotojanya vikaras.
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