European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF KAMPAVATA (INTENTIONAL TREMORS): A SINGLE CASE REPORT

Dr. Vijayendra Bhat*

ABSTRACT

Abnormal movements usually imply a disorder in the basal ganglia, in which there is disinhibition of the activity of intrinsic rhythm generators or a disorder of postural control. Some of them are – The epidemiology of Intentional Tremor is challenging to ascertain, as it can be present in various disease at a different rate. Intention Tremors can be present 9% in Head, 50% in the Arms, and 27% in the Legs. Upto 38.5% of the patients with Essential Tremor can also have Intentional Tremor and is correlated with a longer duration of the Essential Tremor and a younger age for the onset of the tremor. Prevalence can be as high as 44% of those patients with Essential Tremors. According to Ayurveda, all these kinds of tremors are considered under the concept of Kampavata in general. It is evident that psychiatric and neuromuscular ailments are found to be with betterment when treated through Ayurveda. Presenting a case of intentional tremor treated though Ayurveda, got encouraging improvement.

Keywords: Kampavata, Intentional tremors, Ayurveda psychiatry, neuromuscular ailments, deepana-pachana, samshodhana, Virechana.