“A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PIPPALI CHURNA & BIBHITAKA CHURNA ON KASA IN CHILDREN”
Dr. Mosim Momin, Dr. Hridaynath Lad and Dr. Shende Krushnadev*
ABSTRACT
The prevalence rate of cough is 25% in children which seen all over the world. Cough has broad- spectrum
etiology, which ranges from allergens to infections. Cough occurs in association with acute upper respiratory
infection, acute pharyngitis, acute bronchitis and chronic sinusitis, all of which rank among the top 10 reasons for
visiting family physicians. Cough occurs because of irritation of respiratory mucosa. Cough is an important
defense mechanism of respiratory system and help to bring out the infected secretion from trachea & bronchi.
Pippali churna is very effective in curing the kasa especially occurred in children explained by sarngadhar,[4] while
Bibhitaka churna is very effective in curing all the five types of kasa explained by vagbhat. By looking at rasa,
vipak, veerya, dosha, guna, karma of both the churna it appears that both are very effective in combating the signs
and symptoms associated with kasa. Therefore, the present research work entitled “A comparative study of Pippali
churna & Bibhitaka churna on kasa in children” is planned to evaluate the relative merit of the oral administration
of Pippali churna & Bibhitaki churna.
Keywords: Pippali churna, Bibhitaka churna, vipak, veerya, dosha, guna.
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