INFANT ALCOHOL EXPOSURE - “BAALA MADATYAYA”: AN AYURVEDIC VIEW
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 6
Abstract
Breast feeding is the safest and best method for nurturing and optimising infant growth and health. The risks of drinking alcohol while breast feeding, however are not well defined. Alcohol consumed by a lactating mother enters the breast milk and shows detrimental effects like deficit in motor development, reduced lactation performance and disrupted sleep-wake behavioural patterning in infants. ‘Kashyapa samhita’ is the only Ayurvedic text recognized and quoted the condition called ‘Baala Madatyaya’. The present article explores the similarities between the condition of ‘Baala madatyaya’ explained in Ayurveda and ‘Infant alcohol exposure through breast feeding / acute alcohol intoxication in infants’. Moorcha (loss of consciousness), Prajaagara (insomnia / sleep disturbances), Chhardi (vomiting, aversion to wet nurse / breast milk), Arati (restlessness), Bhrama (giddiness / disorientation), Vitraasa (fear), Udvega (anxiety), Trishna (excessive thirsty) are the signs and symptoms of ‘Baala madatyaya’ which are similar to infant alcohol exposure through breast milk.
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Kshama Gupta , Prasad Mamidi
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