Bronchiectasis- An Ayurvedic Review And Treatment – A Case Study

Authors

  • Khushbu R. Prajapati P.G. Scholar, Department of Panchkarma, Govt. Akhandanand Ayurved College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Ram Shukla
  • Haresh Vyas

Keywords:

Bronchoectasis, swasa roga, Ayurveda, Panchkarma

Abstract

Bronchiectasis is an epidemic of chronic, complex, heterogeneous and progressive irreversible airways disease. The pathophysiology of the disease is understood in terms of the interconnected concept of immune-inflammatory disease effects, impaired mucociliary clearance and structural lung damage causing irreversible damage and differential movement in recurrent exacerbations and persistent bronchiectasis. Research is needed about the larger world. Management of the disease is the most difficult aspect. Understanding the pathophysiology and biomarkers of disease can guide about personalized medicine. Bronchiectasis is a neglected disease and efforts are needed to improve access to basic care interventions for bronchiectasis such as chest physiotherapy, vaccinations, antibiotics, and lung transplant. A sixty-six-year old male patient was presented to the Ayurveda Chikitsa Mandir and Panchakarma Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India with chief complains of Swasa kashtata pratah kale (dysnoea especially early morning), kasa (coughing), pratisyaya (cold), kvachita kapha sthivana (often, expectorant), Shiro ushnata (feeling of hotness in head), shirah shula (headache), hasta pada ushnata (feeling of hotness in both upper limbs and lower limbs), Adhmana janya amlapita (acidity with abdominal inflation). The patient was benefited in all the symptoms of bronchiectasis in a duration of three months but treatment was continued for two years for observation purpose.

References

Walker BR, Colledge NR, Ralston SH, Penman ID. Oncology. In: Davidson's Principles & Practice of Medicine, 22nd edition. UK: Churchill Livingstone; 2014. 259–282p.

Longo D, Fauci AS, Kasper DL, Hauser S, Jameson JL, Loscalzo J. Harrisons Manual of Medicine, 18th Edition. United States: McGraw-Hill Education; 2012. 915–928p.

Kapur N, Petsky HL, Bell S, Kolbe J, Chang AB. Inhaled corticosteroids for bronchiectasis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2018; 5: 1465–1858.

Masekela R, Vosloo S, Venter SN, de Beer WZ, Green RJ. The lung microbiome in children with HIV-bronchiectasis: a cross-sectional pilot study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine. 2018; 18: 1–10p.

Shoemark A, Ozerovitch L, Wilson R. Aetiology in adult patients with bronchiectasis. Respiratory Medicine. 2007; 101(6): 1163–1170p.

McShane PJ, Naureckas ET, Tino G, Strek ME. Non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2013; 188(6): 647–656p.

Qi Q, Wang W, Li T, Zhang Y, Li Y. Aetiology and clinical characteristics of patients with bronchiectasis in a Chinese Han population: a prospective study. Respirology. 2015; 20(6): 917–924p.

Lonni S, Chalmers JD, Goeminne PC, McDonnell MJ, Dimakou K, De Soyza A, Polverino E, Van de Kerkhove C, Rutherford R, Davison J, Rosales E. Etiology of non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults and its correlation to disease severity. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2015; 12(12): 1764–1770p.

Thakur NS. Rasa Tantra Sara and Siddha Prayoga Samgraha, 2nd part. Delhi: Krishna Gopal Ayurveda Bhavana; 2020.

Pandey GS (Ed.). Bhavaprakash nighantu commentary by Padmashri Prof. K.C. Chunekar, Haritakyadi varga. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Bharati Academy; 2015. 98p.

Pandey GS (Ed.). Bhavaprakash nighantu commentary by Padmashri Prof. K.C. Chunekar, Guduchyadi varga. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Bharati Academy; 2015. 277p.

Shastri RD (Ed.). Bhaishjyaratnavali of Shri Govind Das with Vidhyotini Commentary Analysis with Appendixes by Shri Kaviraja Ambikadatta Shastri Ayurvedacharya. Varanasi: Chukhambha Sanskrit Sansthana; 2022. 55/13–17.

Thakur NS. Rasa Tantra Sara and Siddha Prayoga Samgraha, 2nd part. Delhi: Krishna Gopal Ayurveda Bhavana; 2020. 4p.

Thakur NS. Rasa Tantra Sara and Siddha Prayoga Samgraha, 2nd part. Delhi: Krishna Gopal Ayurveda Bhavana; 2020. 6p.

Charaka Samhita of Agnivesha Shri Satyanarayana Sastri with Vidhyotini Commentary by Pt. Kashinatha Shastri and Dr. Gorakhanatha Chaturvedi, Chikitsa Sthana 8/104. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Bharati Academy; 2016. 293p.

Downloads

Published

2023-12-29

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2023)

Section

Case Study

License

Declaration and Copyright Transfer Form

(to be completed by authors)

I/ We, the undersigned author(s) of the submitted manuscript, hereby declare, that the above manuscript which is submitted for publication in the STM Journals(s), is not published already in part or whole (except in the form of abstract) in any journal or magazine for private or public circulation, and, is not under consideration of publication elsewhere.

  • I/We will not withdraw the manuscript after 1 week of submission as I have read the Author Guidelines and will adhere to the guidelines.
  • I/We Author(s ) have niether given nor will give this manuscript elsewhere for publishing after submitting in STM Journal(s).
  • I/ We have read the original version of the manuscript and am/ are responsible for the thought contents embodied in it. The work dealt in the manuscript is my/ our own, and my/ our individual contribution to this work is significant enough to qualify for authorship.
  •  I/We also agree to the authorship of the article in the following order:

Author’s name                                    

 

1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

4. ________________

 

We  Author(s) tick this box and would request you to consider it as our signature as we agree to the terms of this Copyright Notice, which will apply to this submission if and when it is published by this journal.