WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Dr. Shruthi S.*

ABSTRACT

Quadriplegia is paralysis caused by illness or injury that results in the partial or total loss of use of all four limbs.The loss is usually sensory and motor, which means that both sensation and control are lost.Tetraparesis or quadriparesis, on the other hand, means muscle weakness affecting all four limbs. Quadriplegia iscaused by damage to the brain or the spinal cord at a high level C1–C7 in particular, spinal cord injuriessecondary to an injury to the cervical spine. This can be considered under the broad umbrella term “Vata Vyadhi”in Ayurveda and can be co-related to “Sarvanga Gata Vyadhi”; it can also be considered under Sarvanga Rogamentioned under Vataja Nanatmaja Vyadhi. Generally Vatasya Upakrama is employed in treating these diseases.An efficient physician by his Yukti has to do permutation and combination of Upakramas in order to treatchallenging diseases. The present case is the live example of the treatment protocol mentioned for themanagement of Sarvanga Vata in Ayurveda. In present case the patient was treated in 4 courses of treatmentsincluding Virechana and Rajayapana Basti was adopted for treatments, with promising results.