Effect of vasa ghana satva i.e. hydrolic extract of justicia adhatoda linn on patients of tamaka swasa i.e. bronchial asthma

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Vasa ( Justicia adhatoda Linn.) is a Diffuse shrubs of family Acanthacae. It has Antitussive, Expectorant, and Bronchodilator, Wound healing and Immunomodulator properties. Out of them, we here evaluate the properties those are useful in the management of Tamaka Swasa (~Bronchial asthma). The present study was undertaken clinically on patients of Bronchial asthma to evaluate the efficacy of Vasa ( Justicia adhatoda Linn.). Leaves of Vasa are used in the form of Ghana Satva (~Water extract) in a dose of two 500 mg capsules twice in a day with luke warm water. Seventy patients were registered and three follow ups at the interval of 15 days were taken. Out of seventy patients ten patients were drop out at different follow ups. The frequency of swasa vega (breathlessness), swasakastata (~dyspnoea), kasa (~cough), kaphanisthivana (~sputum) and kantha ghuraghurakama (~wheezing) were taken for the subjective assessment of the disease. Paired ttest is used for knowing the effect of treatment on the basis of improvement in symptoms. If p value is < .05 then it is significant and if it is >.05, it is insignificant. There was significant improvement in all symptoms in follow up second and third, in first follow up except kaphanisthivana (~sputum) there was also significant improvement. On overall assessment, complete remission, Markedly improvement found in 55% and 35% patients and 10% patients were deteriorate. As per the disease concept of Ayurveda and its treatment in accordance with the Rasa , Guna , Veerya , Vipaka of Vasa , it can be inferred that tikta rasa having laghu, ruksha guna pacify kapha along with katu vipaka . In our study it seems that cases which were deteriorated may be due to vatika predominancy becauseseeta virya increase the vata . Keywords: Vasicine, Adhatodine, Swasa vega, Swasa Kastata Gupta Abhishek