IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.1105133 A CASE REPORT ON PRADHAMANA NASYA: AN AYURVEDIC POWDER INHALATION Aswani P S * Pradeep Kumar P P Devi R Nair P Radhakrishnan 11 -0001 18 21 Nasal medication known as__ampersandsignnbsp;Nasya__ampersandsignnbsp;(medication through nasal route) is one among the__ampersandsignnbsp;Panchakarma (five internal bio-cleansing therapies)__ampersandsignnbsp;procedures which delivers drugs through the nasal route to cure ailments related to head and neck.__ampersandsignnbsp;Ayurvedic classics explain management of Sanyasa__ampersandsignnbsp;(coma) with immediate administration of most__ampersandsignnbsp;Tikshna (high potency)__ampersandsignnbsp;Nasya (medication through nasal route)__ampersandsignnbsp;and__ampersandsignnbsp;Pradhamana/Dhmapana Nasya__ampersandsignnbsp;(Nasya therapy by medicated powder insufflations). The present case report attempts to disclose the significance of an Ayurveda treatment modality Pradhamana/Dhmapana Nasya__ampersandsignnbsp;in an unanticipated medical condition (deep stupor) happened to a patient admitted to National Ayurveda Research Institute for Panchakarma (NARIP) Cheruthuruthy for the treatment of low back pain. On examination of the case, it was found that the patient was in deep stupor (Grade III state of awareness as per Grady coma Scale- and score seven on Glasgow coma scale GGCS). In this case, Rasnadi Choorna was selected for__ampersandsignnbsp;Pradhamana Nasya. The medicine was administered after placing the medicinal powder in a fine thin cotton cloth and a Pottali was made and it was just introduced into patent__ampersandsignrsquo;s nostrils. Immediately after the administration of__ampersandsignnbsp;Pradhamana/Dhmapana Nasya__ampersandsignnbsp;the patient wake up from deep stupor state and became alert. This case report is an attempt to reveal the effect of Nasya in an unexpected medical condition and it also gives a new ray of hope to conditions of disturbed consciousness through nasal route of drug delivery. Panchakarma Nasya Pradhamana Nasya Sanyasa Coma Deep Stupor Rasnadi Choorna