Ayurvedic Management Of Ascites

Ayurvedic management with drugs such as provocation of digestion, daily therapeutic purgation, a stimulant for hepatic function, and only milk diet that acts as an effective treatment to manage Ascites. They are explained below:

• Nidana Parivarjana

  It means avoidance of causative factors. In this Diet, water intake was completely restricted and the patient was given only a milk diet.

• Agni Dipti

  Agni Dipti is the provocation of digestion. Mandarin is the chief reason for any type of Udara Roga. For this condition, Trikatu Churna is given to the patient for 6 days and Pachana Churna is given for 15 days.

• Apyam Dosha Sharanam and Sroto Shodhana

  It is the process of removing accumulated fluid. This process removes hot, sharp, and dry guna. It also removes Strotosanga (obstruction) of channels and helps in Samprapti Vighatan (breakdown of pathogenesis). Simultaneously, there was the removal of Apya Dosha (water retention) also.

• Nitya Virechana

  It is also called daily therapeutic purgation. Virechana is a detoxification therapy that brings out the toxins accumulated in the body. It is a highly effective ayurvedic remedy in ascites (Jalodara) as it acts as a purgative therapy. In this therapy, the patient is made to consume purgative herbs after cleansing their system through vomiting. This induces the excretion of toxins including the fluid retained in the abdominal cavity.

• Arogyavardhini Vati and Sarpunkha Swarasa

  Arogyavardhini Vati is very beneficial for liver disorders. It maintains liver function and promotes balance as well as a healthy digestive system. Sharpunkha is the drug of choice in spleen and liver diseases. It corrects the working of the digestive system. It improves the functioning of the liver. It has hepatoprotective activity.

• Punarnavadi Kwatha and Punarnavadi Mandura

  Punarnavadi Kwath is used in the treatment of Udara Roga and it also reduces Shotha (swelling). The patient who had shown the symptoms of Jalodara, Kwatha is prescribed which had shown significant results in all symptoms. .

Some of the Ayurvedic Management that is beneficial for Ascites are Virechana, Nidana Parivarjana, Apyam Doshaharanam, Sroto Shodhana, Arogyavardhini Vati, Sarpunkha Swarasa, Punarnavadi Kwatha and Punarnavadi Mandura, etc.