A Comparative Clinical Study of Phalatrikadi Kwath and Nyagrodhadi Kwath in Madhumeha w.s.r.t. Diabetes Mellitus.

Abstract

Introduction: In modern era changing lifestyle like alasya, diwaswanpa, environmental  changes, faulty eating habits like madhur – guru ahara etc are leading to Diabetes  mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is metabolic disorder of multiple etiology characterized by  Hyperglycemia, with disturbance of carbohydrate, fat, protein metabolism that can lead to  serious complications such as cardiovascular disease, diabetic retinopathy and  Nephropathy etc. Because of complication of allopathic treatment peoples are preferring  ayurvedic treatment. For treatment here attempt is being made with kwath preparation as  usually ghruta preparation is widely used.  Aim and objectives: 1) To study effect of phalatrikadi kwath and Nyagrodhadi kwath in  madhumeha. 2) To compare effect of phaltrikadi kwath and Nyagrodhadi kwath in  madhumeha.  Material and method: In this study 40 patients were selected and divided into 2 group  with 20 patients each. Group A was administered with phalatrikadi kwath and group B  with Nyagrodhadi kwath 40ml respectively for 28 days. After treatment results were  assessed on basis of subjective and objective criteria by using unpaired T test.  Observation and result: Comparative analysis of the overall effect of the treatments in  both the groups was done by statistically with unpaired t test. The test shows that the  treatment is significant in Group B when compared to Group A. Group A overall result is  85.88% and Group B overall result is 92.49%  Conclusion: The overall study reveals that group B Nyagrodhadi kwath showed more  efficacy.