EPILEPSY – Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Epilepsy - Ayurvedic Treatment

Epilepsy is a seizure disorder caused due to the disturbed central nervous system.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY
  • CAUSES OF EPILEPSY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EPILEPSY
  • DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY
  • TREATMENTS FOR EPILEPSY
  • PROGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY
  • COMPLICATIONS OF EPILEPSY
  • EPILEPSY AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF EPILEPSY
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF EPILEPSY
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR EPILEPSY
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR EPILEPSY
  • YOGA FOR EPILEPSY
  • RESEARCH PAPERS ON EPILEPSY

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY

  • Starting spells
  • Seizures
  • Svenimento
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Depressione
  • Ansia

CAUSES OF EPILEPSY

  • Fattori genetici
  • Fever in children
  • Stroke
  • Lesioni traumatiche
  • Brain tumours
  • Brain malformations
  • Infezioni
  • Drug abuse

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF EPILEPSY

In epilepsy excessive and abnormal neuronal activity in the cortex of the brain occurs.

DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY

  • Proper History taking
  • Esami neurologici
  • Laboratory tests to find out underlying pathology
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)

TREATMENTS FOR EPILEPSY

  • Antiepileptic medications
  • Trattamento della patologia di base

PROGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY

  • Prognosis is highly dependent on the cause of epilepsy and seizure type.
  • Proper diagnosis and treatment of the underlying condition help to manage epilepsy.

COMPLICATIONS OF EPILEPSY

  • Injuries due to the jerky movements
  • Aspiration pneumonia
  • Learning problems

EPILEPSY AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda epilepsy can be called as ‘apasmara’.
  • There are four types of apasmara caused by vata, pitta, kaphae sannipatika (a combination of all the three doshas)

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF EPILEPSY

  • Excessive vitiation of doshas in brain
  • Agantu factors – infections and injuries
  • The mind of an individual is afflicted by rajas(mental dosha associated with hyperactivity) and tamas (mental dosha associated with hypoactivity);
  • The three sharira doshasare imbalanced and excessively aggravated
  • An individual suffers from excessive degeneration or debility.

 

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY

  • Episodes of seizures

Panchagavya Ghritam – Ayurvedic herbal ghee that supports seizures.

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF EPILEPSY

The vitiated doshas travel to manas through the srotas which may be viewed as a functional circulatory or nervous system, leads to apasmara.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY

  • Frequent episodes of seizures
  • Instant loss of consciousness and regain it quickly
  • Rolling up of eyes
  • Incoherent speech
  • Frothy vomit
  • Irregular contraction of fingers
  • Unstable upper and lower limbs
  • Excessive stiffness of the neck
  • Drooping of the head to one side

 

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY

  • Symptoms are manageable with proper Ayurvedic treatments

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY

AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY

  • Murdha taila – oil application on the head
  • Shirodhara
  • Abhyanga - massaggio con olio sul corpo
  • Nasya – nasal medications

 COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR EPILEPSY

Amministrazione interna

 HOME REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY

  • Avoid smoking and alcohol

 DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR EPILEPSY

  • Evitare gli alimenti che producono uno squilibrio dosha, come i cibi freddi e secchi, difficili da digerire. Perché lo squilibrio dosha aggrava i sintomi.
  • Consume easily digestible nutritious food items, cow’s milk, and ghee.
  • Oil massage on the head is advised.
  • Advice regular exercise

YOGA FOR EPILEPSY

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Calms the mind

 Il paziente deve essere seduto in posizione meditativa con la testa e la colonna vertebrale erette e il corpo rilassato. Il paziente deve chiudere una narice (ad esempio la sinistra se si usa la mano destra e viceversa) con il pollice ed espirare completamente attraverso l'altra narice. Di nuovo, dovrà inspirare profondamente attraverso l'altra narice mentre la narice opposta è ancora chiusa con il pollice.

  • Shavasana – relaxes the body and mind
  • Bhastrika pranayama

RESEARCH PAPERS ON EPILEPSY

  1. AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF APASMARA (EPILEPSY) ALONG WITH ANTI-EPILEPTIC DRUGS: CASE STUDY

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321588777_AYURVEDIC_MANAGEMENT_OF_APASMARA_EPILEPSY_ALONG_WITH_ANTI-EPILEPTIC_DRUGS_CASE_STUDY