Abstract of published research articles in Ayurveda
AYU Vol. 30 Issue No. 3 (July-Sept. 2009)
Id.No.30317
Clinical
Review on Infantile Colic
*
Durgaprasad
Dash **C.
M. Jain
National Institute
of Ayurveda,
Jaipur
Abstract:
Infantile colic is one, which exhibits a symptom complex ofparoxysmal abdominal pain presumably of intestinal origin
associatedwith severe
crying.It usually occurs
in infants younger than 3 months of age. The important reason of
this symptom is aerophagia. Infantile colic is defined according
to wessel’s criteria, but symptoms are restricted to crying for
more than three hours a day, for more than three days aweek, for more than threeweeks.
Ayurvedic classics describes the features of
Udarashoola (colic) as the child rejects the breast, cries,
sleeps in supine position, has stiffness of abdomen, feeling of
cold and perspiration on face.
