Ayurvedic management for a rare disorder Takayasu arteritis - A case report.

Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a rare disorder and it is a devastating condition of aorta. The presently available treatments for the condition in the modern medicine have limited benefits. This is case of TA which was better managed with Ayurvedic intervention. An Ayurvedic diagnosis for this case was (vitiated affecting the blood vessels). A 42-year-old woman was diagnosed with TA and treated on the line of management of with (sudation with bolus of medicated cooked rice) for 16 days, (enema mainly with decoction) along with (enema with medicated oil) for 16 days in (16 days in alternate order of decoction and oleation enema) followed by one day gap and then 7 days of (nasal therapy) with (oil) on alternate days along with a combination of Ayurvedic oral drugs [-125 mg, -40 ml, (powder)-3 g, -1g (500mgx2tab) and -500 mg, twice a day for 1 month. Same procedures were repeated after 6 months. A similar combination of oral medications were continued in between and during this period. in the dose of 10g twice a day with milk were also added after completion of this treatment regime. Patient condition was assessed on Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score (ITAS-2010) for disease activity of TA. Satisfactory results were observed in the patient with improvement in ITAS-2010 scoring. TA may be managed with Ayurvedic drugs and procedures.