A Randomised Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Varman Therapy in the Management of Vishada With Special Reference to Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Vishada has not been described as an individual clinical disease in Ayurvedic treatises, but references to Vi-shada are scattered in the classics. Primary psychological conditions caused purely by manas Doshas, i.e., Ra-jas and Tamas, include Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Baya, Irshya, Vishada etc. Vishada, by its symptomatol-ogy, shows much more similarity to the symptoms of generalised anxiety disorder. Varmam refers to the vital point present all over the body. According to the siddha system of medicine, when pressure is given on these Varmam points under control for a specific time and duration, it cures several diseases. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A randomised, open, standard, controlled, clinical, interventional trial on 30 hu-man subjects. Patients were divided into two groups, one with Varmam therapy with Ksheerabala Tailam appli-cation and the other with only Varmam therapy. The total duration of treatment is 35 days. There are two fol-low-ups every 7th day. There are 28 Varmam points located in the region from the top of the head to the neck, of which 10 are used in the study to manage Vishada. RESULTS—After assessing the parameters of assessment criteria after treatment and inter-group comparison, it revealed that there was a significant effect of therapy in the patients of Vishada, and group B had a better im-pact than group A, which includes the Varmam stimulation along with Ksheerbala Tailam. CONCLUSION – Varmam therapy is effective in the management of Vishada w.s.r to Generalized anxiety dis-order.