Clinical studies conducted by experts of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have proved efficacy of ayurvedic formulations developed by Vaidya Balendu Prakash for treatment of chronic Migraine.
To elaborate about it a public seminar on ‘Innovative Ayurvedic Treatment for Migraine’ would be organised at the auditorium of Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Mohkampur, Dehradun on Saturday.
Addressing newsmen here on the clinical studies on Migraine, Vaidya Balendu claimed that a project “Randomised controlled clinical trial to evaluate prophylactic properties of Ayurvedic treatment protocol in refractory and chronic migraine patients’ was conducted by Dr Manjari Tripathi of Department of neurology AIIMS New Delhi. The four year project got completed last year. In the treatment 154 patients were divided in two categories; in first category ayurvedic treatment was provided while conventional treatment was given to patients of other category. The results showed that 70 percent of patients provided Ayurvedic formulations were cured after 120 days, Balendu claimed. He further informed that Ayurvedic formulations for treatment of Migraine are derived for Rasa shastra, a clinical speciality of Ayurveda. Balendu said that themigraine is treated as neurological disorder by doctors and there is no known cause and cure of the disease in allopathic system but his studies showed that the disease is basically a pitta disorder. He said that the Ayurvedic Treatment Protocol developed by him makes a correlation between sleshma pitta and migraine and comprises of Aahar (diet), Vihaar (lifestyle) and Aushadh (ayurvedic formulations).
Migraine is a recurrent headache occurring for more than five times a year. The pain lasts for four to 72 hours without medication. A study shows that 17 percent of women and 5- 7 percent of men are affected by this disease.