Health Condition 1: null- Chronic bronchial Asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Krishna Vajrabhraka Bhasma [KVB]
: 125 mg with honey thrice a day for 12 weeks
Control Intervention1: Beclomethasone puff: 50 mcg twice a day for 12 weeks
Sponsors
Department of Indian System of Medicine Homoepathy AYUSH
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: I Ayurvedic parameters •Patients presenting with signs and symptoms of Tamak Shwas for equal to and more than one year as described in Ayurvedic texts. •Patients presenting with 3 or more of the following symptoms- i. Peenas ii. Ghurghurak iii. Aasya Udhvanasa iv. Kantha Udhvansa v.Vak Kricchrata vi. Lalat Sweda vii. Parshvagraha viii. Ushnabhiprayata ix. Aasya Shushkata x. Vepathu xi. Aruchi xii. Annadvesh II Modern medicine parameters Patients with bronchial asthma categorised as mild intermittent mild persistant moderate persistant
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: I Ayurvedic Parameters •Patients in whom â??Shwasâ?? is present as a Upadrava, Lakshan , Udarka, Poorvaroop and Arishta lakshan of other disease. •Patients in whom the onset of disease is less than one year •Patients with Shwas caused due to fatal injury of Urasthita Marma (Stanmool, Stanrohit, Aapalaap, Aapsthambh). •Patients with critical condition of Shwas. •Patients with Shwas which requires Shodhan such as Virechan or Vaman for therapeutic use II Modern medicine parameters Cases with co-existing pulmonary conditions. Acute respiratory tract infection. Requiring oral steroids. Pregnant and lactating women
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| I-To assess improvement in Spirometric indices FEV1 by _ 200ml. II-Reduction in the number of acute attacks Reducing in the number of acute attacks. Timepoint: 9 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase in duration between two consecutive acute attacks Decrease in severity of the attack Reduction in number of puffs per day Improvement in values of Peak flow meter Improvement in asthma symptom score throughout daytime point Timepoint: 9 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Vijaya Pandit
Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, India
Outcome results
None listed