Effect of Amritasattvadi yoga in Parinama shula

Owing to faulty food habits and stressful life, duodenal ulcer/parinama shula has become a very common health problem. Acute and chronic gastritis can end up with duodenal ulcer. It can be effectively treated through Ayurveda, the science of life. Objectives: Literary review of duodenal ulcer and parinama shula with its treatments & to study the effect of Amrita sattvadi yoga in patients of parinama shula/duodenal ulcer. Methods: 20 patients with confirmed clinical diagnosis of parinama shula/duodenal ulcer were administered Amrita sattvadi yoga orally in a dose of 2 gms twice daily with ghee & honey for 45 days under proper pathya & apathya. Results: From the statistical analysis of the recorded data it is evident that, in 70% of patients epigastric pain & hunger pain relieved completely within 15 days of treatment. The results are significant even in relieving the other clinical features