Abstract :
Trigeminal neuralgia is considered as most severe stabbing painful condition. Due to sharp and
intense nature of pain suffe
rers called as ‘suicide disease’. The management of trigeminal
neuralgia includes anticonvulsants, tricyclic antidepressents drugs and other surgical measures. As
per
Ayurvedic
classics this condition has close similarity with the disease
Anantvata
which i
s
Vata
predominant
Sannipatika
in nature. A 34 years female patient visited OPD of Shalakya Tantra,
IPGT&RA hospital on 14/06/2018 with complaints of severe jabbing, twitching pain at left half of
maxillary and mandibular region associated with irritation s
ince 2 years. The pain aggravates by
face wash with soap, cold winds and especially in morning and night hours. She consulted local
hospital and started the treatment but didn’t have satisfactory relief. We started Ayurveda
medication
Rasnasaptaka Kwatha
(
20ml
, BD
)
,
Abha Guggulu
(2 tab, TDS) and
Pipallimoola
Churna
(1tsp, BD)
with the
anupana
of jaggery. During whole course of medication patient was
instructed to avoid cold winds, cold exposure, washing face with soap,
Vatavardhaka Aahara.
Marked relief was
found in symptoms after 1 month and no episode of pain on washing the face
with soap was seen after 3 months of continued medication. Study concluded that above
Ayurvedic
treatment can prove to be an effective alternative management of Trigeminal Neuralgi
a.
Keyword :
Abha Guggulu, Ayurveda, Ananatvata , Trigeminal neuralgia, Oral medication