A Pilot clinical study to evaluate the effect of Aswagandha Ksheera shirodhara in insomnia disorders w s r to EEG and sleep indices

Adequate sleep is one of the essential factors to lead a healthy life. In another words if normal sleep is disturbed for a short time, it can be managed but if it continues for a prolonged period then the condition is called as a disease which can be termed on the basis of its characteristics like sleep disorder, insomnia  etc. The ICSD-3  is built on the same basic outline as the ICSD-2 ,Identifying seven major categories that include insomnia disorders ,sleep related breathing disorders ,central disorders of hypersomnolence, circadian rhythm sleep -wake disorders ,sleep related movement disorders, parasomnias, and other sleep disorders. Insomnia disorder affect large proportion of population on a situational ,recurrent or chronic basis and is among the most common complaints of medical practice, is predominantly characterized by dissatisfaction with sleep duration or quality and difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep, along with substantial distress and impairment of day time functioning In ayurveda it can  be correlated as nidranasha, anidra, etc. Nidra is one among the trayo upastambha, hence it is needed for  normal body function. It is an adharaneeya vega and for the management of disease due to suppression of the urge of sleep, one should resort to sound sleep and massage. Nidranasha is a vataja nanatmaja vikara, mainly caused by vata dosha, in which Murdhni taila is mentioned as one of its treatment.

Murdhini taila consist of four different procedures such as abhyanga, seka, pichu and vasti.  Shiro dhara is comes under Murdhini taila.It is a classical and well established ayurvedic procedure of slowly and steadily dripping medicated oil or other liquids on the forehead.There are numerous studies claiming effectiveness in insomnia with ayurveda interventions but the scientific validation remain largely unexplained. The main reason being difficulty to accessing affordable technology The objective of this study is to evaluate aswagandha ksheera shiro dhara in insomnia disorders is effective in inducing EEG changes. As this is a pilot study, A total number of 12 participants having insomnia disorder administrated shirodhara .Pre and post treatment, PSG will be evaluated along with sleep indices

Key words- Shiro dhara, Insomnia disorders, Electro encephalo gram (EEG),Polysomnography (PSG)