• Vinayak Bhanudas Pache
• Dr Aarti Devi
• Dr Vilas Borse
• Dr Govind Pakale
• Dr Mahendra Sarpate

.According to Ayurveda, Shvasa roga is one of the main diseases of Pranvaha srotasa. Shvasa is described as disease as well as symptoms of some other diseases. In Samhita, Shvasa is classified into five types, Tamakshvasa is one of them. Acharya Charak described Tamak shvasa is a yapya type of disease. Tamakshvasa patients always suffer on & off attack repeatedly. So that patient has to depend upon medicine for reliefAcharya charak has stated shodhan & shaman chikitsa for tamakshvasa(1). Shodhan chikitsa in the form of vaman & virechana. Shodhan indicated for great degree of vitiation of doshas & in physically strong patient Shodhan treatment is not suitable for each & every patient . So Charak indicated shaman chikitsa to durabala & heen satva patients of Tamakashvasa. In Modern, Bronchial asthma has now become one of the commonest chronic diseases. In the world about 300 million people were suffered from bronchial asthma according to Harrison internal medicine (2021), prevalence of this disease 10 to 12 % in adult is increasing throughout the world. In modern science, the treatment of bronchial asthma is removal of causative factor like allergens & medicinal line of treatment. In medicinal treatment drugs such as bronchodilators, glucocorticoids, expectorants & inhalers are used. Obviously modern medicine used in status bronchial asthma is life-saving but these medicines are also used for longer duration in chronic bronchial asthma. When these drugs are used for longer duration they produce many side effects like immunosuppression, obesity, peptic ulcer & oral candidiasis. Some expectorants & Bronchodilator’s cause tremors. Patients develop unwanted effects later. Ayurveda management provides preventive as well as curative treatment for Tamak Shwas like Amritadi kwath which relieves symptoms of disease.

TAMAK SHWAS, BRONCHIAL ASTHMA,AMRITADI KVATH

"A CLINICAL STUDY OF AMRITADI KVATH IN TAMAK SHVASA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRONCHIAL ASTHMA . ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.a140-a159, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403021.pdf

"A CLINICAL STUDY OF AMRITADI KVATH IN TAMAK SHVASA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRONCHIAL ASTHMA . ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. ppa140-a159, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403021.pdf