TY - JOUR AU - Neha Vats, AU - Minakshi Chaudhary, AU - Vijay Chaudhary, PY - 2022/09/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Karshyahar Yoga Granules and Ksheerbala Taila Matra Basti in Karshya w.s.r to Undernutrition in Children JF - AYUSHDHARA JA - Ayushdhara VL - 9 IS - 4 SE - DO - 10.47070/ayushdhara.v9i4.1008 UR - https://ayushdhara.in/index.php/ayushdhara/article/view/1008 SP - 27-36 AB - <p>Undernutrition among children is one of the serious issues prevailing in developing countries. Despite many efforts India has still higher number of incidence of undernutrition. <em>Karshya roga</em> mentioned in Ayurveda can be the most probable correlation of undernutrition. As Ayurveda has remarked very minute detail about concept of <em>Brihmana</em> and <em>Balya </em>which is the mainstay therapy for <em>Karshya. </em>Therefore we can use Ayurvedic medicine as a better alternative for the management of undernutrition. <strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy of <em>Karshyahar yoga </em>granules and<em> Ksheerbala taila matra basti </em>in<em> Karshya </em>w.s.r. to undernutrition in children. <strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>The study was conducted on 40 children of undernutrition for a period of 3 months. Clinical features (weight, height<em>, Daurbalya </em>etc) and hematological parameters (Hb gm%, ser. protein etc) were documented before and after treatment. <strong>Statistical Analysis Used: </strong>Observations of the study were analyzed and findings were evaluated by using statistical methods <strong>Results: </strong>In the present study 12.5% patients showed marked improvement, 42.5% patients showed moderate improvement and 45% patients showed mild improvement. No adverse effect of the trial drug was observed during the study. <strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results showed that <em>Karshyahar yoga </em>granules along with <em>Ksheerbala taila matra basti </em>is more effective in comparison to single use of <em>Karshyahar yoga </em>granules in the management of undernutrition in children.</p> ER -