The Study of Dhatriloha in parinamshoola ( Pain in abdomen )

Title:-The Study of Dhatriloha in parinamshoola ( Pain in abdomen )

          Dr. Kranti Anarase had submitted her dissertation to Pune University in 2000 for the P.G. degree M.D. (Kaya Chikitsa). Her guide was Prof. Dr. S. P. Sardeshmukh & Research center was Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Pune (M.S.) India.

          Dr. Kranti Anarase in her research work tried to study the effect of Dhatriloha in parinamshoola (Pain in abdomen).

For this study she had enrolled 52 patients which are divided into two groups.

Group I – 45 patients treated with dhatriloha.

Group II – 7 patients treated with famotidine ( Antacid)  20 mg

Dhatriloha is administered 1 gm twice a day with 10 gm ghee & 5 gm honey for one month.

Criteria for assessment was as follows –

i)                          Severity of shoola – Grade IV – unbearable pain, pain after every meal, relief with medicine only, can not carry out day to day activities.

ii)                        Grade III – Severe pain , patient on bed occasional use of medicines

iii)                     Madhyam shoola– Grade II – Pain in abdomen but can carry out routine work.

iv)                     Alpa Shoola - Grade I – Occasional pain that is too slight only if frequent hetu sevan is done.

v)                        Abhav – Grade 0 – Absence of pain.

Above research was concluded as follows –

Dhatriloha when  administered 1 gm twice a day with 10 gm ghee & 5 gm honey for one month was found effective in Pain in abdomen due to reasons like Hyperacidity,Duodenal ulcer .Also Dhatriloha do not cause side effects like modern Antacids

I)                  The drug is more effective in vatapittaj parinamshoola.

II)               Unlike tab famotidine, the drug does not give rise to any side effect like constipation ,diarrhoea etc.

III)            Dhatriloha is found to be more effective mainly on annavaha, Rasavaha, Raktavaha Srotasa.

IV)           Dhatriloha also acts as ‘Rasayan’.