Ayurvedic Perspective Of Asthma
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Asthma in Ayurveda mentions in Pranavaha Sroto Vikara as Swasa comes under the category of diseases known as Dyspnoea(Difficult breathing)or in Sanskrit, Swasa Rog.
In the 17th chapter of the Charaka Samhita, there is a detailed description of shwasa and its five varieties.
In “Ashtanga Hridayam”, the description of asthma is similar to that in the Charak Samhita. Nothing that Vata is obstructed in its movement by Kapha, spreading in all direction, vitiates the channels of Prana ( respiration), udaka ( water) and anna ( food), located in the chest and produces shwasa, arising from the stomach.”
The main symptoms are “pain in the region of the heart and flanks, upward movement of prana (respiration), flatulence and splitting pain in the temples”.