Ayurvedic management of postlumbar myelomeningocele surgery: A case study.
A 11-year-old male child presented with the complaints of urinary incontinence, passing hard stools associated with weakness in lower limbs, deformity of feet, reduced sensation below ankle joint since he was 5 years of age as noticed by parents. The clinical features were seen as postlumbar myelomeningocele surgery and child had congenital talipus equinovarus. For this, he was administered anulomana, sarvāṅga abhyaṅga (oleation / massage), saṅgraha cikitsā, avagāha sveda (sudation) and matrā basti (type of oleaginous enema). After the treatment, child was able to get control over his bladder, he started feeling sense the fullness of the bladder, there was a desire to void urine and a reduction in a number of voids in daytime and a reduced degree of wetness.
Department of Kaumarbhritya, KLEU's Shri BMK Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Shahapur, Belgaum.
Savita
S
Butali
Department of Kaumarbhritya, KLEU's Shri BMK Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Shahapur, Belgaum.
Annapurna R
AR
Patil
Department of Kaumarbhritya, KLEU's Shri BMK Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Shahapur, Belgaum.
Aziz
A
Arbar
KLEU's Shri BMK Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Shahapur, Belgaum.
Veena
V
Tonne
Anyonyāvaraṇa; apānāvṛtavāta; lumbar myelomeningocele; sangrahi cikitsā