Shwasa is a Gambheera and Prana hara roga, which involves Pranavaha Srotas Avarodha, causing diffi-culty in Shwasa-Uchhshwasa. Shwasa roga is of 5 types. Tamaka shwasa is one of the gambheera vyadhis. It is a kapha pradhnya vyadhi, presenting with shwasa vega with tama pravesha. Bronchial Asthma is a disease characterized by airway obstruction that is reversible (not completely) either spontane-ously or with treatment, airway inflammation, airway hyper responsiveness to a variety of stimuli. It

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... inter-feres with daily activity, which may lead to life threatening attacks. Ayurveda gives a wide range of treat-ment modalities despite of the disease being a yapya vyadhi. Here 40 subjects diagnosed with tamaka shwasa, fulfilling the inclusion criteria were randomly selected. Tritiyakatphaladi churna with madhu as anupana was given orally. The objective of the study is to check whether the yoga gives an upashayat-maka effect.