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A 50-year-old female patient presented with headache and heaviness in the head, associated with heaviness in both eyes, irrelevant speech, short term memory loss, left eye ptosis and drowsiness for 10 days. She had a history of Road Traffic Accident before 20 days. She was diagnosed with left frontoparietal temporal subarachnoid bleed. The condition resolved with the standard of care, but the patient gradually developed several complications. The patient’s family opted for Ayurvedic treatment and approached Dr Rajnikanth for further management. Based on the Multiple CT Scan of the Brain and clinical examination, the biomedical diagnosis was Post traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage complications. The Ayurvedic diagnosis was Masthishka janya vayu vruddhi (Abhighataja). The line of treatment followed was to pacify the vata and do the sandhana of asthi bhagna. The medicines chosen were also of balya, medhya and rasayana karma.

After 4 months of Ayurvedic treatment, patient completely recovered from all the symptoms and regain normalcy. This case report demonstrates the standalone successful ayurvedic management of complications caused by Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a road traffic accident.