Pakshaghata, also known as Hemiplegia, is a neurological disorder and is defined by the inability to move a set of muscles on either the left or right side of the body.
Major symptoms of pakshagata are loss of strength in the either left or right side of the body, loss of speech or slurred speech, vomiting, disorientation, and Loss of Bowel and micturition control.
The causes of this disease are:
- Hypertension
- Growth in the brain, stress, Various injuries
- Ahara and vihara which leads to raktha dusti leading to Vata prakopa
The basic investigation that we do for pakshagata are elevant blood and radiological investigation.
Treatments that are available to treat the disease are:
- Shirodhara, Nasyakarma, Kavalagraha
- Sadyovirechana, Abhyanga, Basti karma, Agni alepa, swedana
- Yoga therapy
- Physiotherapy Shamana medicine
