Ayurvedic Clinical Practice: Neurology (II Volumes)

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Dr L Mahadevan is one of the foremost luminaries among the clinicians of Ayurvedic fieldThrough his teaching he has inspired, guided and enlightened many Ayurvedic seekers He has the most talented style and vigorous exactitude of expressions.

Dr L Mahadevan is a contemporary clinical teacher He writes with timeless and uncomplicated clarity of the clinical medicine and imparts a simple yet profound message.

He has got amazing ability to distil ancient tridosha theory into contemporary usable practical guidelines this book brings hope and light to the people, who are confused with diagnosis.

With intense and compiling clarity, Dr Mahadevan’s guidance gives the promise of leading the students to their best and highest place in clinical medicine to resonate with and reflect the energy of true tridosha theory.

Students will find new discoveries on the way To read his book, is to make a journey where falsely created concepts will whither away The journey is very challenging, interesting and complete.

In this book, he presents a clinical protocol for a Ayurvedic student community and a clear strategy for siddhanta based treatment This book also explains the possibilities and limitations of our science More than students have studied in his Ayurvedic gurukulam and he has indirectly taught more than students all over India.

There are not much valuable literature available in clinical medical practice in Ayurveda. Thoseavailable, are written by physicians who know theory and having good clinical practice. To my dismay, I find that communication and patient interaction is not still taught in Ayurvedic colleges. Even now, there is no organized help in the area of ayurvedic education and training. There is a deficiency in Ayurvedic curriculum and in my view this is the cause for clinical Ayurvedic stress. There is a definite deficiency, which the population suffers in seeking the medical help. This is also a cause for poor clinical image. There are more than 300 Ayurvedic colleges in the country today. Every year more than thousand Ayurvedic graduates add to the already existing Ayurvedic community. What a student expects from the hospital is not taught nowadays.

Clinical neurology is an art. I can tell, clinical neurology is equal to basic anatomy plus Mulasiddanta plus Yukti. It is like mathematics. Reading a sloka of Pakshagata may not help you to treat it. We know that you have to do sneha, sveda, sodhana, virecana in pakshagata. Everybody can chant this sloka. But in management so many things we have to learn. How can you learn? You should be able to see cases (at least a few) acute and chronic cases, and you should sit with a master, who can teach all these things. Even in brain there is vata area, pitta area and kaphaarea. Frontal cortex is a vata area. Occipital cortex is a pitta area. Temporoparietal is the area ofkapha. This is not textual, but experience. You cannot randomly do the same treatment for everybody. You cannot start with udvartanam and finish with lasuna rasayanam in all the cases. This work is an anastamoses between professionals and students. You have to conduct more research in some cases as I have done a few. In some areas we have done a lot. It is very difficult to use modern research methodology in Ayurvedic practice, because we are going on changing the medicines based on avasta. I accept that there are a few lapses which produce sleepless nights in clinical practice also. What I have not seen in my clinical career during curriculum I will miss. I have to work a lot to correct this mistake and grow clinically. Many people think,using knee hammer is modern medicine. I tried my level best to convey that knee hammer is an instrument. They don't believe it. Even in the reflexes you are able to see vata pitta kapha. To see vata pitta kapha in natural and in ill health is a vision. It is a beautiful clinical vision.

Contents

 

	Introduction	17
1	Headache	43
2	Bells Palsy	56
3	Trigeminal Neuralgia	64
4	Meniere's Disease	71
5	Temporal Arteritis	76
6	Optic Neuritis	82
7	Aphasia	88
8	Dysarthria	101
9	Insomnia	109
10	Sleep Apnea	118
11	Dementia	124
12	Orthostatic Hypotension	138
13	Spinal Cord Compression	144
14	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	152
15	Brachial Plexopathy	157
16	Sciatica	163
17	Cauda Equina Syndrome	172
18	Meralgia Paresthetica	179
19	Restless Legs Syndrome	184
20	Mononeuritis Multiplex	190
21	Diabetic Neuropathy	195
22	Burning Neuropathy	205
23	Entrapment Neuropathies	210
	Cubital Tunnal Syndrome	212
	Radial Tunnal Syndrome	213
24	Wilson's Disease	217
25	Post Herpetic Neuralgia	222
26	Meningitis	229
27	Encephalitis	237
28	Hydrocephalus	242
29	Essential Tremors	251
30	Ataxia	255
31	Dystonia	263
32	Myoclonus	271
33	Neuromyotonia	278
34	Chorea	283
35	Huntington's Disease	289
36	Urinary Incontinence	291
37	Guillain Barre Syndrome	301
38	Multiple Sclerosis	307
39	Parkinson's Disease	316
40	Transverse Myelitis	328
41	Syringomyelia	336
42	Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy	345
43	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	353
44	Stroke (cva)	359
45	Wallenberg Syndrome	382
46	Epilepsy	389
47	Motor Neuron Disease	401
48	Spinal Muscular Atrophy	413
49	Myasthenia Gravis	420
50	Tics	424
51	Autism	428
52	Mental Retardation	435
53	Cerebral Palsy	441
54	Muscular Dystrophy	446
55	Alcoholic Myopathy	451
56	Alcoholic Neuropathy	456
57	Morton's Neuroma	462
58	Syphilitic Myelopathy (Tabes Dorsalis)	465
59	Stiffperson Syndrome	467
60	Myotonia Congenita	471
61	Charcotmarietooth Disease	474
62	Marchiafavabignami Syndrome	477
63	Postconcussion Syndrome	479
64	Attentiondeficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)	482
65	Complex Regional Pain Syndrome	186
66	Arnold Chiari Malformation	491
67	Poems Syndrome	497
68	Chronic Motor Tics Disorder	503
69	Amnesia	506
70	Horner Syndrome	511
71	Vocal Cord Paralysis	514
72	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd)	518
73	Sleep Walking	522
74	Sleep Terror Disorder	526
75	Nightmare Disorder	529
	Neurological Examination	530
1	Higher Mental Functions	530
2	Cranial Nerves	536
3	Motor	542
4	Reflexes Deep and Superficial	545
5	Cerebellum	548
6	Meninges	550
7	Sensory Column	551
8	Bladder	553
9	Seizures	554
10	Ans (Autnomic)	554
	Other Physical Examinations and Signs Related to Neurological Conditions	555
	Blood Tests Related to Neurology Guidelines for Choosing The Imaging	565
	Modality in Neurological Disorders	575
	Critical Analysis of Yogas Used in This Text	585

 

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