Treatment of tonsillitis through ayurvedic line of management
- Conditions
- Chronic tonsillitis and adenoiditis. Ayurveda Condition: TUNDIKERI,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/04/051863
- Lead Sponsor
- Department Of Shalakya Tantra
- Brief Summary
*Tundikeri*is a *Mukharoga* categorized under *Taluroga1* by Sushrutaand *Kantha roga* by *Vagbhata* where he compares it to *vana karpasa phala2*.It is caused due to vitiation of *Kapha* and *Rakta dosha* and it ischaracterized by Jwara (fever), *toda*(pricking pain), *daha* (burning), *shopha* (inflammation) andprapaki (suppuration) in *talupradesha3*. The *samanyachikitsa in Tundikeri* includes *pratisarana*, *chedana karma,kavalagraha* and *dhumapana*4. This can be correlated totonsillitis.
Tonsils are muco-lymphoid tissues situated inoro-pharynx at the gateway of oro-pharyngeal route and considered as one of thechief immuno component tissues. Thus more prone to get infection from nasalroute as well as oral route and become hypertrophic, this inflammation causestonsillitis. It is characterizedby pricking pain, sore throat, cough, halitosis and dysphagia. The prevalenceof tonsillitis in adults was formulated approximately, 77% female are affectedwith tonsillitis than 22.9% of male. Among the responders, 75% have tonsillitisand remaining 25% doesn’t have tonsillitis5. It is treated byanalgesics like Paracetamol, Aceclofenac and Anti-Microbial drugs like Amoxicillin potassium clavulanate,Azithromycin. In chronic cases Tonsillectomy6 is recommended.Frequent episodes of the infection interfere with normal growth and developmentof the child. Due to incomplete treatment or resistance of organisms toantibiotics, tonsillitis can reach chronic stage. It has common side effects inchildren like nausea, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhea, gastric upset7.
In chronic tonsillitis as there ishypertrophy of the tonsillar tissue is present, which can be considered as *adhimamsa* and according to *acharya charaka* *‘ksharo Arbuda adhimamseshu kriya’…||8* the line oftreatment is *Kshara* application. *Pratisaraneeya Kshara* acts on hypertrophiedtonsils by cauterization of mass because of its corrosive nature. Thus producesshrinking effect on tonsillar hypertrophy.
*In Tundikeri Pratisaraneeya kshara* is one of the treatment protocol,which does *chedana, bhedana, lekhana* and it is safe procedure in the conditionof chronic tonsillitis with enlarged tonsils where tonsillectomy is not reallyrequired. *Tilanala kshara* is one among the *ksharaastaka*9,10and having *katu, tikta rasa, Sukshma,vyavayi guna* and *usna veerya.* Hence *Tilanala kshara pratisarana*is taken out as trial group in the management of *Tundikeri with Apamargakshara pratisarana* as a controlled group.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
1 Patients having the symptoms of chronic tonsillitis (Tundikeri).
- 1 Tonsillitis with cardinal signs like peritonsillar abscess, parapharyngeal abscess, intra tonsillar abscess.
- 2 Conditions like Diphtheria, Tonsiloliths which mimic Tonsillitis.
- 3 Patients with Systemic diseases that needs long treatment.
- 4 Pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To observe the reduction in enlarged tonsils and pain 7 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To observe the amount of reduction in dysphagia, congestion and sore throat 21 days
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Shree Jagadguru Gavisiddeshwara Ayurvedic Medical College, Post Graduate Studies And Research Center
🇮🇳Koppal, KARNATAKA, India
Shree Jagadguru Gavisiddeshwara Ayurvedic Medical College, Post Graduate Studies And Research Center🇮🇳Koppal, KARNATAKA, IndiaDr Shreekanta TippannanavarPrincipal investigator9632660889charlieee321@gmail.com