Treatment of Brachial plexus Injury

TREATMENT OF POST SURGICAL TRAUMATIC BRACHIAL NERVE INJURY
12 years ago, this gentleman aged 24 years came to my consulting room with a complaint of weakness of Rt.Upper Limb. He had supported his R.U.L, with a brace supporting his affected elbow. On enquiring I came to know that he met with an R.T.A (Road Traffic Accident) 11 months back and had a complete Rupture of Brachial nerve. He was subjected immediately to Reconstructive Surgery of Brachial nerve and counseled that he would regain the lost motor and sensory functions with in the next 5 to months, with due medications and physiotherapy.But, that didn't happen in his case and the person was much worried about his future, since he had not even gained his sensory functions of the R.U.LO/E I found negative results for touch/pressure/heat/pain sensations ;paralyzed arm ;lack of muscle tone in the arm, hand, & wrist ;claw hand.I pressed the Supra-clavicular region and asked him to try moving his Upper limb and found to note that he was able to initiate some action of flexion of the little finger, but not in any of the proximal group of muscles.This gave me the slightest hope regarding the prognosis and I felt that the otherwise hindered re-innervation process, can be enhanced.Once in two days I did मर्म चिकित्सा to him by manipulating the following points क्रुकाटिका ; अंस ; बाह्वी ; कूर्पर ; इन्द्रबस्ती ; मणिबन्ध ; क्षिप्रा & तलह्रदय , along with the following medications,१) प्रसरन्यादी कषायं ३० ml b.d.s in E/S (Empty stomach)+ ३० ml बलारिस्टं अरिष्टम+ ६ बिंदु of क्षीरबला (101) २) सुवर्न मुक्तादी गुलिका १ b.d.s A/फ३) योगराज गुग्गुलु 500 mg २ t.d.s B/FClinical Observations -The strengthening of the nerves and enhancement of muscle tone was observed retrogresively, in the sense the movement was felt starting from the fingers and gradually seen in the proximals structures like wrist- fore arm - elbow - shoulder and neck.In a matter of 20 days he recovered from the दौर्बल्यं and started going to the work happily.
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Courtesy
Dr. Rangaprasad Bhat
chennai