A CASE REPORT OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF RENAL CALCULI/KIDNEY STONE WITH LYMPHADENOPATHY IN CHILDREN

Verma Annu* and Pandey Reena

ABSTRACT

Ashmari is a disease of urinary tract system mainly effects the kidney. In modern medicine it is mainly correlated with renal calculi. The main symptoms in this are pain in the flanks region in the affected site, disturbance in micturition like burning micturition, blood in urine, dysuria etc. Ayurveda included this disease under mutragata vikara. Lymphadenopathy or Lymph node enlargement is a common problem in children and adolescents. As part of reticuloendothelial system, lymph nodes serve as the termination point for lymphatic vessels that drain lymph from most tissues of the body. In Ayurveda lymphadenopathy correlated with lasika vikara. The main symptoms in this are enlarged lymph node and pain in affected side, This symptoms hampers the patient’s life dangerously. Here an effort was made to treat the child patient with multiple ayurvedic treatment modalities. At the end of 30 days 90% improvement seen in patients.

Keywords: Ashmari, Ayurveda, Lasika vikara, kachnaar gugulu, giloy satwa etc.