Ayurvedic Medical Case Studies

A 76 year old male patient walked into AyurVAID with the complaints of pain on his lower back as well as the lower regions of both limbs for over five years. The patient was unable to walk for a month on account of severe swelling on both legs. He also suffered from tremors in his limbs for well over five years coupled with slurred speech.

A 30 year old female patient walked into AyurVAID with the complaints of neck stiffness along with occasional pain radiating to both upper limbs. The patient was also overweight and suffered from irregular menstruation cycles.

In view of her symptoms and condition, AyurVAID decided to use treatments including Arthava vaigunyam, Stoulyam and Asmari. The treatment lasted for a period of 34 days, which was coupled by a three month follow up duration.

The medical strategy adopted included:

• External Rookshana in the form of udwartanam and rooksha swedam

A 62 year old male patient walked into AyurVAID with the complaints ofnumbness, decreased sensation, occasional pain and reduced muscle strength in the proximal part of upper and lower extremities for the past 2 years. He also had accompanied dry cough and difficulty in breathing on exertion for the past 5-6 years. It was associated with loss of appetite, general debility and weakness, increased frequency of urination at night and severe dryness of skin.

A 24 year old female patient walked into AyurVAID with the complaints of blackish discolouration & scaly skin lesions which was associated with mild itching predominantly over upper limbs, trunk and lower limbs since the past 3 years.It was also accompanied by Scaly lesion with exfoliation over the scalp since the last 1 year.

In view of her symptoms and condition, AyurVAID decided to use the treatment of ‘Rakta dhatugata vatakaphaja twak vikara and Udavartini’ for a period of 15 days along with a duration of follow up that would last for three months.