Abstract

A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF MASHA ASHWAGANDHADI CHOORNA AND MANJISHTADI CHOORNA IN KARSHYA.

Dr. Prabudh Birhade* and Dr. Jithesh Chowta

ABSTRACT

Karshya is common condition found in daily Pediatric scenario. About 29 % of children are suffering from undernutrition in India and its highest among the world.[4] Karshya is a condition or disease in which the sphika, udara, griva becomes shushka and body shows prominent sirajala (vessels) and sandhi (joints). It’s a kuposhanajanya vyadhi caused by heena matra aahara, ruksha anna pana, vatakaraka aahara-vihara, alpa bhojana and vegadharana.[1] Emaciation of body due to depletion of subcutaneous fat and tissue when persists for a long time results in loss of health and children become malnourished.[4] To overcome the condition we used deepaneeya, pachaneeya, brimhaneeya, rasayana drugs. Here Masha-Ashwagandhadi choorna mentioned in sahasra-yoga and Manjishtadi choorna mentioned in Kashyapa Samhita sutrasthana, lehana-adhyaya are taken for clinical study to compare and evaluate the efficacy in management of karshya.

Keywords: Karshya, Manjishtadi choorna, Masha-ashwagandhadi choorna.