A CRITICAL REVIEW: TAMAKA SHWASA (BRONCHIAL ASTHMA)

Out of most morbid disorders, the disease shwas is also becoming a major health problem of the society. Difficulties in breathing, cough are common health complains which everyone experiences throughout their life with different magnitude. Such complains are found in every age group. Dyspnea due to respiratory diseases comes under ShwasaRoga. Maha- Urdhva-ChinnaTamaka and Kshudra are the types of ShwasaRoga. Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of airways characterized by cough, difficulty in breathing and wheeze. Exposure to dust, smoke, recurrent respiratory infections and climatic changes are chief triggering factors of this disease. Bronchial asthma and its associated features clinically correspond to the Tamaka Shwasa described in Ayurveda.