A case study of effect of dravyas from Ekasara gana on tobacco addiction withdrawal symptoms

Abstract

In India as well as globally smoking is a serious social and public health problem. Tobacco use is one of the biggest social and public health issues in India and around the world. In India, there are plenty of options for smoking and smokeless tobacco, including jarda, pan masala, gutka, bidi, and cigarettes. Every year, tobacco usage claims the lives of almost six millions individuals globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that tobacco smoking caused 100 million premature deaths worldwide in the 20th century. If present tobacco use rates continue, this number is predicted to climb to 1 billion in India in the 21st century. For a variety of reasons, including peer pressure, stress, alleviation, sadness, and social media ads advocating smoking, people begin to smoke or chew tobacco. The lower socioeconomic classes like and prefer tobacco more than other drugs because it is more affordable and readily available. One tobacco addicted patient tried to quit chewing tobacco, but as withdrawal symptoms, he reported having headaches, indigestion, anorexia, anxiety and body aches. The patient was treated with powder of Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa Linn.), Sheerisha( Albizzia lebbeck L.) and Sarpagandha (Rauwolfia serpentine L.) ghana vati for his withdrawal symptoms. These are dravya’s from Ekasara gana which helps patient to feel better by reducing their withdrawal symptoms and signs of tobacco dependence.