DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i02.025

Pages: 194-197

Dystonias are the third common group of movement disorder after Parkinson’s disease and essential tremors. It is characterised by involuntary muscle contractions that causes repetitive movements. Because of the structural lesions in basal ganglia, many a times Parkinsonism and dystonia may co-exist in presentation. In some hereditary forms, it manifested as rapid onset of dystonia Parkinsonism. In X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism, dystonia usually starts focally, later Parkinsonism sets into it. The reported case was presented with symptoms such as tremors, retrocollis etc. more or less compared to the symptoms of kampavata, akshepaka, manyasthamba which are discussed under the spectrum of vatavyadhi in Ayurvedic parlance. So for the management, vatavyadhi chikitsa was adopted with consideration for ama, involvement of other doshas and also the role of avarana. Rookshana, snehapana, sweda, sodhana, nasya and rasayanas along with suitable samana therapies were selected. Patient was having considerable symptomatic relief within short time span which was promising and worth reporting.