A CASE STUDY OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE SUCCESSFULLY MANAGED WITH AYURVEDIC TREATMENT

Abstract

A 38 years old male patient of chronic renal failure (CRF) came to P D Patel Ayurveda Hospital, Nadiad with
the complaints of periorbital puffiness on face, pedal edema, hyper tension, oliguria, massive proteinuria and
high level of serum creatinine since 4 months. Patient was on regular hemodialysis twice a week. Patient was
treated for 40 days as indoor patient with oral medicaments including gokṣurādiguggulu, varuṇādi kvātha,
bhūmyāmalakī and rasāyana cūrṇa along with basti therapy. Patient responded well with Ayurvedic treatment.
Hemodialysis was done only for one time initially during the commencement of the therapy. Serum creatinine
level was significantly reduced from 6.6 mg/dl to 5.7 mg/dl during hospitalized period. Serum creatinine
reduced up to 3.9 mg/dl after the 2 months of follow up period. Total urine output was gained up to normal
level. After completion of basti, oral drug was continued. And dialysis is not needed even after completion of
the 10 months of follow-up, eGFR was increased up to 16 ml/min/1.73m2 from 8ml/min/1.73m2 which clearly
indicates that patient is shifted to stage 5 chronic kidney disease to stage 4 kidney disease.