Ayurvedic Treatment Multiple Sclerosis

Introduction

Multiple Sclerosisis a chronic and generally slowly progressive disease affecting the central nervous system or, to be more specific, resulting in the damage of the myelin sheath of neurons. The end result is the damage to the conduction of signals in the affected nerves. The condition can sometimes be mild or otherwise quite damaging with loss of the ability to walk, write, or even speak.

Although it has not been medically ascertained as to the exact reason for the condition, it is generally accepted that there are the several possible causes including autoimmune disorders, viruses, environmental factors, genetic factors, etc.

Multiple Sclerosisis sometimes characterized by symptoms that are unpredictable and may also appear in various combinations.Hence it is very difficultto diagnose multiple sclerosisthrough any definitive test and modern medicine goes by deductions from various clinical and laboratory evidences.

Today it is commonly seen how conventional medical practitioners prescribe various medicines as part of the treatment procedure. This results not only in the in over dosage of drugs but also resulting in ineffectiveness.

Role of Ayurvedic treatment

As in all cases, ayurvedic treatment for Multiple Sclerosisdepends upon several conditions of the body. Unlike most of the other systems of treatment, post treatment care is most important. Especially in the case of Multiple Sclerosis, much care is to be prescribed to steps tohelp the patient achieve maximum independence, encourage family involvement, encourage the patient to get back to his/her daily activities, educate the patient to provide proper care to the body as a whole and its various parts, etc.

Generally ayurvedic treatments for Multiple Sclerosis includes various forms of panchakarmatherapies,marma point therapies,etc.