Clinical Study on the Effect of Parnayavani Arka on Bronchial Asthma in Indian Children

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of nebulization and oral administration of Parnayavani arka on acute episodes of Tamaka Swasa (bronchial asthma) in children (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) years.Materials and Methods: Present single group study was done on 30 subjects of 6 to 12 years suffering from Tamaka Swasa.All subjects were administered with of 3ml Parnayavani arka every 4th hourly for oral and nebulization for a duration of 3 days.Assessment was done based on the changes seen in the signs and symptoms of Tamaka Swasa recorded with a specially prepared scoring pattern and Becker asthma scoring.Subjects who are known case of other chronic respiratory conditions like tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis or other acute illness that would complicate current treatment and response for asthma were excluded from the trial.Result: Treated children showed marked improvement in the signs and symptoms of Tamaka Swasa in the assessment tool Lakshanas of Tamaka Swasa and Becker asthma score.The changes were found statistically significant at p value less than 0.05.