Role of Ayurvedic Herbs and Panchakarma Procedures in the Management of Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a common chronic motor disability prevalent among pediatric population. It describes a group of permanent disorders of movement and posture causing activity limitation that attributed to non-progressive disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, communication, and behavior as well as by epilepsy and secondary musculoskeletal problems. Cerebral palsy is not a contagious disease. At present treatment modalities are either very costly or employ very complicated procedures like baclofen pump implantation, botulinum toxin injection, selective posterior rhizotomy which have their own limitations. Recent studies prove that Ayurvedic treatment modality through its principals can repair damaged neurons and stimulation for forming new synapses for better functional recovery in Cerebral palsy affected children. This paper review number of research on certain herbs and Panchkarma procedures that found very effective in the management of cerebral palsy.