ABSTRACT

Background: Fever is one of the most common presenting signs of illness in officebased pediatric practice, and is present in 19% to 30% of encounters.1 Because of immature immune system of children, they are more prone to infections in which fever is one of the symptoms. It’s the very initial symptoms force the patients to visit clinician. Although established paracetamol has good antipyretic effect but it does not correct cause of fever, where as in shastra or samhitas mentioned that properties of Amruttotar kashaya are not only jwarghna but also has properties that may affect the cause of jwara. In present pilot clinical study Amrutottar kashaya ghan vati was prepared and used as symptomatic antipyretic agent. Materials and Methods: Amrutottar kashaya ghan vati were prepared in Late Kedari Redekar Ayurveda pharmacy and was used in patients having fever. 31 Patients were enrolled from all different nearby hospitals of Sankeshwar city. Special case record proforma were used for collection of data. Results: In subjective parameters Significant antipyretic activity of Amrutottar kashaya ghan vati was noted 80% of the individual with dose of 2 tablets (500mgeach) in TDS. Statistically non-significant results were observed in reduction of fever but significant results were observed in spike and duration of fever. Discussion and Conclusion: Amrutottar kashaya ghan vati is the combination having the drugs with, kashaya possesses the property of Deepana, Paachana, and Anulomana and thereby helps in treating all types of Jwara and can be used in day to day clinical Ayurveda practices. Keywords: Antipyretics, Ayurveda, Amrutottar kashaya ghan vati, Fever
Publication date: 05/03/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.1103