CRITICAL REVIEW ON KAMPAVATA – KAMPAVATA NIDAN PANCHAKA AND AYURVEDIC TREATMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Abstract

Kampavata is described under Vatavyadhi in Ayurvedic classics. The word Kampavata it comes under the heading of Vataj Nanatmaj Vyadhi. On the basis of signs and symptoms of Kampavata it can be correlated with Parkinson’s Disease in modern era. It is a neurodegenerative disorder of the nervous system mainly affecting the motor system of the body. Parkinsonism is prevalent all over the world and has no definitive treatment in conventional medicine and another hand Ayurveda is an ocean for Vatavyadhi Chikitsa. The Ayurvedic treatment strategy is to combat Vata Dosha and to sustain neuronutrition by Shaman, Shodhan and Rasayana remedies. So it becomes necessary to understand the Kampavata it’s lakshanas etiopathogenesis properly for better management approach towards Kampavata with various classical drugs.