Cases that are with mild to moderate cord compression are curable in 3 – 6 weeks with sufficient rest and internal medications and external therapies

If foot drop and bladder involvement present tough prognosis

In severe cord compression ,the patient can be surely provided very profound relief in symptoms and the quality of life can be enhanced in them even though repeat MRI scans do not display any structural improvement

Many cases recommended for surgery have been cured and generally a bed rest of 25 days is required in many patients

It is found that if the spinal canal diameter is less than 10 mm due to compression – surgery is better option and Ayurvedic treatments do not generally show any significant improvement

Medicines, therapies with food modification are inevitable along with exercise

Some doctors opine that five kgs of body weight can be lost in two weeks whereas some have obtained even seven kgs body weight loss in the same span

The results vary depending upon many factors. Ladies who are unmarried tend to lose weight much more quickly

Obesity due to hypothyroidism is found to respond much better

Response in 5 days

But Dengue haemorrhagic fever is not manageable

Bed rest is very important. Some cases respond in 3 – 14 days span only

7 – 10 days makes almost cure

Special care is observed to prevent orchitis and pancreatitis

Full recovery is possible in 3 to 4 weeks in cases of superficial infection

But its to be admitted that the management of the modern medicine in this is cheaper in cost and quicker

Acute phase is curable in cases of serum bilirubin level even up to 21

Some cases of bilirubin 25 also have been cured

Hepatitis A & C are totally curable in 1 – 4 weeks duration but Hepatitis B takes up 3 to 9 weeks to be cured

Carrier stage that is silent in nature and asymptomatic is generally very bad prognosis and very few patients become negative for HBSAg test

Its possible to avoid the ulceration and granulation in liver that is induced by the hepatitis

Dietary restriction is of profound importance. Patients who were recovering very well on exibhiting negligence to dietary instructions have severe flare-ups and occasionally fatal too

Ideally one month rest is advisable

If alcohol induced – almost incurable

Medications upto six months are required

Early stage cases are responding well

Chronic cases do require longer duration medications

Cases without severe oesophageal varices or ascitis respond very well to medications

Exceptionally few number of cases even with ascitis have recovered from the situation completely but life span could not be prolonged to further two years

Further complications can surely be avoided

Many have symptomatic relief for sure in the second week of starting medications

Very rarely some patients have survived above 8 yrs

Acute phase is curable in cases of serum bilirubin level even up to 21

Some cases of bilirubin 25 also have ba11 GALL BLADDER CALCULI

Varied response

Usually conservative management is prolonged

Calculi up to 2 – 3 mm are manageable by 6 weeks medications

Most patients report pain relief in the initial 3 days itself and increased quality of life even though the calculi is visible in ultra sound scan

Exceptionally some patients require 6 months of medications – they are the ones who were recommended surgery but could avoid surgery

Acute cases are generally tough though treatable

Chronic cases respond well by 4 weeks medication

Diet restriction is of profound importance

Some severe cases present with generalized oedema and are of poor prognosis

Type 2 diabetes with values up to FBS 200 & PPBS level below 350 are manageable by medicine, exercise and selective food pattern recommended in Ayurveda

Its almost impossible to help a insulin dependant patient to bring back to medications only scenario

Complications (almost all) of Diabetes mellitus can surely be prevented and cured. This is one very potential area for Ayurveda

Patients with onset of diabetes within 3 yrs if put on medicines are able to avoid all the complications at multi system level for up to 15 years

Cases of Diabetic nephropathy with serum creatinine levels up to 5 & serum urea up to 75 are manageable & any value above this needs dialysis

Cases with TSH level up to 40 can be cured of symptoms in duration of 4-8 weeks medication

Late onset (above 40 yrs age) hypothyroidism is found to respond better

Myxoedema is incurable

Interestingly hypothyroidism is found to mimic as Rheumatoid arthritis in many ladies above 40 yrs of age

Some patients would present features of hypo & hyper thyrodism on alternate fashion for many days

Generally response to medications is not much encouraging

Total cure requires 4 – 6 weeks

Symptomatic relief is attained very profoundly in the first ten days itself

Generally follow up is found to be difficult as many patients keep on changing doctors

Generally a tough prognosis and initial stages only turn out to be curable

Of the wide range of presentation in all stages of this, only 20 % are found curable, 35 % are manageable & remaining with severe deformity and sub luxation are of poor prognosis

Patients with low hemoglobulin level (ie below 10), ESR above 80, severe deformity, severe early morning stiffness generally respond poorly

75 – 80 % relief is achievable in 3 months medication and treatments

Both OPD & IPD level management is absolutely essential

Monoarticular arthritis, ESR level below 80 are favourable factors

Mild to moderate deformities can be bettered by various treatments and herbal paste bandages

It requires at least 2 months for results to be appreciatable

Generally tough in chronic cases. Profound relief and increased quality of life is very much possible by OPD & IPD level management

3 months are required for 90 % relief and that ensures the relapse to be avoided for over 2 years

Medications are required for as long as 8 months for some patients

Good prognosis is found in cases without albumin urea and without epileptic seizures

Steroid can be tapered and avoided completely in a span of 4 – 8 weeks of starting medicines been cured

Hepatitis A & C are totally curable in 1 – 4 weeks duration but Hepatitis B takes up 3 to 9 weeks to be cured

Carrier stage that is silent in nature and asymptomatic is generally very bad prognosis and very few patients become negative for HBSAg test

Its possible to avoid the ulceration and granulation in liver that is induced by the hepatitis

Dietary restriction is of profound importance

Patients who were recovering very well on exibhiting negligence to dietary instructions have severe flare ups and occasionally fatal too

Ideally one month rest is advisable

Values of 180/ 100 mmHg are easily managed and cured whereas some patients with even 180/ 120 too respond well

Response to medication can be elicited by third day itself as under control even though another two weeks would be needed for sustained results

Even malignant hypertension is also managed well with variable success rate

Serum cholesterol levels till 300 can be brought to levels below 200 in a span of 2- 3 months

Triglycerides till level of 300, VLDL till 60, LDL till 180 are curable by medications, exercise and dietary restrictions and modifications

Post menopause patients do not respond well to medications

Coconut oil is found to be increasing cholesterol levels as that is the medium of cooking in Kerala population

Changing to sesame oil or mustard oil is found to bring down cholesterol levels

If the spinal canal diameter is normal and there is no major cord involvement its curable in 3 – 4 months duration of OPD level medicine & 2 – 3 weeks of IP level treatments

If the gait is ataxic, in severe nerve root obstruction, in marked neurological deficit, in central compression by the inter vertebral disc – poor prognosis is observed

Many patients are able to avoid the cervical collar in a week’s time if subjected to a special technique of massage of neck region developed by Kerala physicians

Mild to moderate cases are surely curable

Many cases recommended for surgery also respond well to medications of 2 – 6 months and treatments for 2 – 3 weeks and get walking abilities and are able to avoid surgery

Crepitus can be brought into control in this duration

Patients who have approached before the onset of deformity have received complete cure

Patients with obesity respond poorly to medicines and treatments

Special bandages with herbal pastes and lubricating and nourishing natured herbal oil are found to enhance the joint stability very much

Mild to moderate case curable, cases with osteopenia too respond very well with1 – 2 months of medication

Patients with oestrogen deficiency with osteoporosis respond well, otherwise generally tough to manage

Ayurvedic medications, food and life style modifications and Yoga helps to enhance the quality of life of the patient and the Allopathic medications are recommended to be continued as there appears to be no drug in Ayurveda that can replace Sorbitrate

Following clinical entities respond very well with 60 – 70 % cure by medication for about 6 months

Double vessel disease, triple vessel disease, unstable angina, ischemias, dilated cardiac myopathy

Ejection fraction can be increased, TMT changes are much bettered in about 8 months duration

The following entities are not manageable

Rhythm disorders, stable angina, atrial fibrillation, supra ventricular tachycardia

Efficacy of medicine depends upon duration of disease and other factors

Mild to moderate cases that are not more than 10 years old are curable

Children respond well to medicines

3 months of medication is essential for lasting impact

Its found very commonly that withdrawal of milk, curd and paneer from the food menu of children helps to decrease the intensity of attacks of asthma and also in recovery from the disease

For adults not fully curable in chronic cases

Yoga & food modification is found to have very strong impact on possibilities of the cure

Even application of head oil has positive as well as negative impact on the disease depending upon the selection of oil for head

Very tough prognosis

Medications for 4 – 6 weeks provide cure with dietary modifications being very important

Very good response to medications is found with high success rate

Treatment protocol and response to medicines vary with the cause

Nutritional iron deficiency anemia resolves by 2 – 3weeks medications

Patients with Aplastic anemia, perinicious anemia, hemoglobinopathy, Thalassemia related anemia do not respond much to medications and show only symptomatic relief

Anemia due to Acute lymphatic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia respond well

Over a span of 3 – 5 months of medication, they achieve very remarkable progress

Anemia due to Idiopathic Thrombocytic purpura shows mixed response whereas Anemia in the Rheumatoid arthritis and chronic renal failure is rectified to normal value in one month

Very much treatable and curable, some cases have effect whereas some show resistance

Symptomatic relief in the first 5 days itself is obtained and substantial cure in the span of 10 days

Presence of Klebsilla necessitates medicines for 3 – 4 weeks for cure

Even cases that need antibiotics injections respond very quickly in matter of 2 days

UTI without diabetes and without hydronephrosis responds very well in 2 – 3 weeks time

If urine albumin is +++, UTI its difficult to cure

Acute cases if mild respond very well in 1 – 2 weeks time

Chronic (severe) cases need 1 – 2 months for recovery and the steroids can be tapered and finally stopped in 2 – 3 months duration but some patients do not respond well

Here the albumin urea of +++ is the upper limit in which Ayurvedic medications are effective

Children and sometimes adults manifest Nephrotic syndrome as a sequel of skin infections and an Ayurvedic physician takes great care in treating skin diseases to prevent any glomerulo nephritis setting in

HYPOALBUMINUREA is well managed by steroids than Ayurveda medicines

Some physicians have found cure for albumin urea of the values of even ++++

Values of serum urea below 75 and serum creatinine below 3 are curable

Some physicians have occasionally met with success even with serum creatinine level up to 5 and serum urea up to 100

Generally children and adults below 30 yrs of age show very good response and recovery whereas Diabetes with renal failure is found to have poor prognosis & also in those above 40 yrs of age

Duration of medicine intake – 2 to 3 months minimum, for chronic cases even one year of medication is necessary

Calculi up to 7mm are surely curable whereas those with 8mm and even 9mm also respond with success over a period of 6 to 12 weeks

But medications need to be continued for about 6 months to prevent recurrence of the calculi

Uric acid stones do not respond much to medications whereas calcium oxalates and phosphates are surely curable in a span of 2 – 4 months

This is curable by medications for 1- 6 months and external oil applications over head for the same duration

Some respond in below one month duration also

Most get total cure in one year and do not show recurrence whereas some need two years to attain such a state

Recurrence can surely be delayed and most often avoided for at least two years

Chronic sinusitis is manageable if chronicity is of above 2 years

Some respond in one month of medication

Sure cure is possible for sinusitis that is not more than two years chronic

Medications for 3 months will be required for some for cure

Even hyposmia cases can be managed by medications and localized treatments

Anosmia does not respond to Ayurveda medications

Petit Mal is manageable with 4 – 6 months of medication

Epilepsy that is devoid of etiology of space occupying lesions, devoid of TB, and those with akinetic seizure and temporal lobe epilepsy are treatable and brought under control in 4 – 6 months duration

Epilepsy in children is curable and so is for the teenage group of patients by medications for about 6 months

Febrile fits found mostly in children are curable by 3 months medication

Tonic clonic and grandmal seizures are not curable by Ayurveda

Curable but chances of recurrence always depend upon the diet restriction and modification and stress elements of the patient

Treatments for 3 weeks and medications for 3 – 5 months are required for very severe chronic cases of over 10 years in which the lesion sizes are as large as even 18 cms to 25 cms

Guttate psoriasis, isolated scalp psoriasis are curable

Nail changes can be reversed and made better in a span of 60 days

In psoriatic arthritis the symptoms and signs can be totally controlled but some patients show relapse after one year

It has been noticed that Ayurvedic food habits and stress have a major role in deciding the healing

Treatments are required continuously for 3 years – once a year basis – at a fixed time for a duration of 2 – 3 weeks in genetically prone cases

This is seen to have delayed the recurrence for as long as five years

Cure by 3 weeks medication

There is a relation between food patterns and the flare up of this disease

Some severe cases with vomiting and breathing difficulties also respond very quickly

Dry variety is tougher (than the wet variety) to be cured and is curable if the chronicity is less than 2 yrs

Duration of medication for cure is at least 3months

Weeping eczema responds very remarkably to medicines in the first ten days itself, new fine layer of skin is formed in the span of one and half months

Duration of medication – less than three months

Self resolving mostly yet 3 weeks of medications are required

Post herpetic neuralgia is generally tough to respond to medications and requires at least 6 months to obtain 70 % relief

Cure remains elusive in most cases

First and second degree piles are curable

Medication is required for at least 4 – 6 weeks by which symptoms are totally eradicated

By 3 – 4months the pile mass shrinks off very substantially

Third degree prolapsed piles is surgical and intervention by Ksharasootra is the best option

Bleeding variety responds faster than the non bleeding variety

Some severe cases respond within 4 – 5 doses of medicine

Some carcinomas are found to mimic as bleeding piles in their presentation

Acute case is curable in 3 – 6 weeks duration

Elephentiasis and filariasis of one year chronicity is not curable

Some patients do not respond whereas a good majority report notable symptomatic relief in the span of 1 month of medication

Thus cure remains elusive

Patients with PSA levels above 10 do not respond to medicines generally

Response is found within 2 weeks and substantial cure in one month duration

Generally curable and requires low dosage medicine for minimum 3 to maximum 6 months with special bandages with herbal pastes

External application of medicines are more important than internal medications alone

Response to medicine is the best in cases not more that 2 yrs chronic and those with no hereditary pre-disposition

3 weeks of medications, special bandages and life style modifications give substantial relief but structural changes remain the same – the bulging of the veins remain unchanged

Surgery can be surely avoided

3 weeks of medications provide profound relief

Symptomatic relief is obtained in the very first week

Some patients of Rheumatoid arthritis and Hypo thyroidism present this and respond well on being treated for that

External application of medicated oil is very much essential

One month sufficient for total cure; For diabetic patients 4 – 6 weeks is required

Substantial relief in half month duration with increased mobility is reported

Physiotherapy is avoided for the first ten days of external therapies

Oil application in the initial stages flares up the pain

Two weeks of medication and external treatment modalities are sufficient for 90% relief

Generally tough to respond in nature – Symptomatic relief is found but cure remains elusive as surgery is the best option

Very tough prognosis but responds to medications and topical applications in 6 – 8 weeks time

Chances of recurrence are always high

Cure in seven days time

Signs and symptoms receed down in three days time though

Medications and topical applications necessary

Medications vary according to the nature of abscess

In the early stages, Raktha moksha done by Jalooka (leech therapy) brings down 80% of infection in two days time even in abscess of pyogenic arthritis

Drainage of the abscess can be achieved in the very second day

Special care is taken for treating abscess of the ear, inguinal and peri anal region

Curable except the genital warts

Agnikarma – choice of treatment

Variable success

Symptomatic relief starts in the first week itself

Medications and treatments are required for 2 – 3 months with the strict diet pattern and IPD level observation is compulsory

Success rate is 70 % as most of the cases could avoid amputation at the level of knee joint but auto amputation of the toes occur during the course of the treatment but does not get infective beyond the localized region

In most cases, amputation can be avoided

Symptomatic relief in the first three days itself is possible

Medications are required for 2 – 6 months

Very effective management and cure is available and varies according to the cause

Ideally 3 – 6 weeks are required for cure

Even bed sores in Coma patients do respond very well in 2 weeks time without any help of antibiotics and without further spread

Special food pattern is of utmost importance with internal medications

Cure in three weeks by external applications

In seven days of local application, the mass bursts open with pain and pus formation

Another two weeks filling of Jaatyadi ghrita does the healing

The treatment is painful and needs good co-operation of the patient

Secondary scoliosis responds well to special methods of massage

3 months minimum duration is required for near total cure