European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

AN UPDATED REVIEW OF INFANTILE COLIC W.S.R TO UDARASHOOLA

Dr. Ganesh Kumar*

ABSTRACT

Infantile colic is one, which exhibits a symptom complex of paroxysmal abdominal pain presumably of intestinal origin associated with severe crying. It usually occurs in infants younger than 3 months of age. The important reason of this symptom is aerophagia. Infantile colic is defined according to wessel’s criteria, but symptoms are restricted to crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week, for more than three weeks. Ayurvedic classics describes the features of Udarashoola (colic) as the child rejects the breast, cries, sleeps in supine position, has stiffness of abdomen, feeling of cold and perspiration on face sudden screaming with flexion of thighs and flushing or frowning of face occur at a precise time in the evening in a clockwise regularity and may lost for a couple of minutes or hours. These babies are typically healthy throughout the day but develop paroxysmal excessive crying spells in evening. Infantile colic can be correlated with Udarashoola in Ayurveda Samhitas. Udarshoola is condition where one express high intensive pain in abdomen. Stanya dushti is one of the principle causative factors for disease development in an infant.

Keywords: Infantile colic, udarashoola, stanya dushti.