Abstract

Vd. Shivam Gupta* and Dr. D. B. Chavan

ABSTRACT

Cerebral palsy (CP) is considering a neurological disorder caused by a non progressive brain injury or malformation that occurs the child’s brain is under development. The global incidence of CP is 3.6:1000. It cannot be correlated with any single disease or condition in Ayurveda, as it is a multi-factorial disease with clinical features of a wide variation. It can be taken as Vatavyadhi as far as its etiology and symptoms are concerned. According to Vagbhatta, it is classified in the disease categories of Sahaja (hereditary) and Garbhaja (congenital) and Jataja (psychosomatic) type of diseases. Here, an effort was made to treat a 3-year-old male child with spastic diplegic CP using multiple Ayurvedic treatment modalities. At the end of 90 days of treatment, Pañcakarma procedures along with internal medication resulted in 20–30% improvement in the overall effect of therapy.