Abstract

Vd. Ujwala Pawar and *Vd. Ashwini Jagtap

ABSTRACT

In recent era, mostly in developing town’s people get many diseases due to unhealthy lifestyle, stressful condition, lack of exercise. Neurological disorders are one of them .Neurological disorders are diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system. Migraine is one of the chronic neurological disorders characterized by recurrent attacks of pulsatile headache usually unilateral, widely variable in intensity, frequency and duration. It is highly prevalent disorder over the past decade having considerable impact on individual and society. Globally 15% of population is affected by migraine at some point in life. In Ayurveda, migraine is very much correlated with Ardhavbhedaka. Different types of Shirorogas are explained by Acharyas in Samhitas. Ardhavbhedaka is one of them. The signs and symptoms of migraine are very much similar with Ardhavbhedaka so migraine is treated as Ardhavbhedaka. In Ayurveda most of the vata disorders are being diagnosed under neurological disorders. Vatavyadhi caused due to vitiation of vata dosha. Hence an attempt has made to understand the role of Ayurveda in migraine which is a neurological disorder.