Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in nearly all industrialised countries. An attack is experienced when the asthmatic child's chronically inflamed bronchial airways, having become sensitised to certain environmental allergens (e.g., dust, smoke) and conditions (e.g., exercise, cold weather, stressful emotions), begin to overproduce mucus in their presence.

This leads to the swelling and muscle contraction that obstructs air flow and restricts breathing. Although asthma has been known for millennia, but even after century a root cure of asthma is not yet available. The modern medicines of asthma can control the acute asthma symptoms, but did not cure this disease significantly.

In a recent research study conducted in Banaras Hindu University Varanasi; The children with age group of 2-12 years having symptoms of cough, fever, breathlessness, running nose, restlessness, wheezing, etc., were selected and divided into subgroup 'A' having positive history of taking bronchodilator and corticosteroid and subgroup 'B' having positive history of taking bronchodilator only whereas subgroup 'C' patients having no history of taking steroid or bronchodilator prior to the registration.

Patients were advised to take SKCR drug in a dose of 4 mg/kg/dose × 12 hrly (in powdered form) mixed in Garlic: Ginger: Honey (GGH) [in 1:2:4 ratio] to the patient and given for the 45 days.

The drug SKCR was given for a total of 45 days in a dose of 12 hourly with garlic, ginger and honey in ratio of 1:2:4. In most of the cases findings were suggestive of significant clinical improvement during the follow-ups.

In present study, analysis of incidence of common features in group 'A' all the signs and symptoms were subsided except the cough and wheeze in one case (10%) on third follow-up while on second follow-up approximately 40% cases relapsed after getting fresh exposure to the trigger factors during the management. In group 'B' and group 'C', incidence of most common features were subsided and all the patients had became asymptomatic on third follow-up.

This study suggested that the drug
SHWAS KASA CHINTAMANI RASA IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN THOSE CASES WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING CORTICOSTEROID WITH BRONCHODILATOR IN COMPARISON TO CHILDREN RECEIVING CORTICOSTEROIDS WITH/WITHOUT BRONCHODILATOR.

IT IS ALSO EFFECTIVE IN CHILDHOOD BRONCHIAL ASTHMA THAT HAS THE HISTORY OF STEROID AND BRONCHODILATORS. NO SPECIFIC ADVERSE EFFECT OF DRUG SKCR WAS OBSERVED.

(This research was conducted by researchers of Department of Kaumarbhritya, Faculty of Ayurveda, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,)

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