Integrating Ayurveda into Addiction Medicine: A Pilot Trial of Ksheerbala Taila Nasya for Nicotine De-Addiction

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dc.contributor.authorAmrita, Nayeken_US
dc.contributor.authorShawan, Bariken_US
dc.contributor.authorPallabi, Mukherjeeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T11:15:54Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T11:15:54Z
dc.date.issued2025-06
dc.description.abstractCommonly found in tobacco derivatives, nicotine is one of the most common forms of addiction in today’s world. With growing dependency on nicotine irrespective of gender or standard of living humans are exposed towards basic to most fatal diseases. According to WHO- global health report, one-fourth (24.9%) of the population including both sexes are nicotine dependent, 40.3% men and 9.5% women. Although there have been many attempts on nicotine de-addiction trials most have failed or relapsed. In this study 10 nicotine dependent individuals were randomly selected from OPD. They were given Nasya therapy with Ksheerbala oil (10 drops each nostril) followed by Tikshna Snaihika Dhumapana after Mukha Abhyanga with Tila taila and Vastra Swedana for a period of 7 days in indoor department with Pratimarsha Nasya (2 drops each nostril) of same oil in the next 7 days. All the 10 cases showed marked decrease in nicotine dependence with highly significant p-value of 0.0019. Nicotine being highly addictive is an anxiolytic drug affecting synaptic junctions of central nervous system. Nasya one of the five Karmas of Panchakarma, is a simple procedure that can be done on OPD basis giving admirable results in de-addiction.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPG Scholar, Department of Panchakarma, Institute of Post Graduate Ayurvedic Education and Research at SVSP Hospital, Kolkata, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Panchakarma, Institute of Post Graduate Ayurvedic Education and Research at SVSP Hospital, Kolkata, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor, Department of Panchakarma, Institute of Post Graduate Ayurvedic Education and Research at SVSP Hospital, Kolkata, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmrita Nayek, Shawan Barik, Pallabi Mukherjee . Integrating Ayurveda into Addiction Medicine: A Pilot Trial of Ksheerbala Taila Nasya for Nicotine De-Addiction . International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research. 2025 Jun; 13(6): 62-66en_US
dc.identifier.issn2322-0902
dc.identifier.issn2322-0910
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/253390
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMahadev Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber6en_US
dc.relation.volume13en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47070/ijapr.v13i6.3753en_US
dc.subjectNicotine dependenceen_US
dc.subjectNasyaen_US
dc.subjectKsheerbala Tailaen_US
dc.titleIntegrating Ayurveda into Addiction Medicine: A Pilot Trial of Ksheerbala Taila Nasya for Nicotine De-Addictionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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