EFFECT OF BALA TAILA NASYA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MANYASTAMBHA: A CASE STUDY

In today's era due to indiscipline life style, stress, skipping meal, irregular and fast-food habits or consumption of alcohol & smoking; many people are suffering from various kinds of diseases and disorders. One of them is Manyastambha. Earlier it effected elderly aged people but now it is more common in younger generation specially after 30 years of age. There are various types of treatment in different pathy's but In Ayurveda Vaat Nashak Chikitsa and different types of procedures Nasya, Manya basti, Seka and more are mentioned for the management of Manyastambha. Manyastambha is considered as Vaat Vyadhi and many Acharyas were mentioned about it. Acharya Sushruta mentioned Manyastambha as an individual disease and Acharya Charaka mentioned it as Manyagatavaat but not as an individual disease. Acharya Charaka mentioned Manyagatavaat under the Vaat Vyadhi. A male patient aged 24-years came to Kamakshi Arogyadham (KAD) OPD with the Complaint of Manya Pradeshi Shoola, Stambha, Bhrama, Manya se Aunsa Sanchari Vedna (for 3 years) and Shirograha and Pipalika abhisarpan (for 1 year) with painful neck movement on both sides. According to Classical symptoms he was diagnosed as Manyastambha. It is a degenerative disease of Jatrugata pradesha that is considered as Vaat Nanatmaja Vyadhi in Charaka Samhita. In Ayurveda Nasya is mentioned as best treatment for Urdhvajatrugata Vikar and Bala (Sida cordifolia) is mentioned by Acharya Sushruta in Vata Nashaka drugs. So Bala Taila Nasya was given to the patient for the management of Manyastambha. 10 drops (Uttam Matra) of Bala Taila administered in each nostril of patient morning and evening for 7 days. Assessment was done before and after the treatment. The result of this therapeutic protocol is very effective in the patient.