Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Biography

Biography: Dinesh.KS

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder [ASD] is a growing enigma without a permanent solution and promising comprehensive management. Ayurveda, an ancient traditional medicine of india, grounded in to the eastern view of the substantial interconnectedness of all aspects of reality including health and diseases through non linear dynamic approach views ASD as an errant lifestyle generated status of human being rather than a disease. A paradigm shift in the synchrony between man and nature especially after the industrial revolution and by the human effort to fortify the national welfare and health indices contributed many diseases where disturbed transmission of collective consciousness set in. Ayurveda also postulates mind is part of our food. All diseases have a major role in gut homeostasis. So this is a reporting of two studies of ayurveda in ASD

METHODS

83 Children with ASD who came for ayurveda management were given the ayurvedic management of gut therapy protocol for one month in one group and workshop on lifestyle management techniques for seven days to 43 parental couples who are the primary caretakers of children in another group. Data were taken before and after intervention and analyzed with the help of SPSS. Paired t test and correlation were done in gut and behavioral symptoms. Paired t test and ANNOVA were carried out in Quality of life parameters of the parent [WHO-QOL-BREF] and childhood Autism Rating scale [CARS] & Indian scale for assessment of autism[ISAA]   

RESULTS

Gut symptoms and behavioral symptoms were significantly [p<0.05] reduced after AGTP the correlation coefficient of their changes was +0.83. On evaluation of the course on lifestyle guidelines given to the parents a highly significant change [p<0.001] in the WHO-QOL-BREF was noted in the physical and psychological domain. A highly significant