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Ayurveda has described Ardita under eighty Vataj Nanatmaja Vyadhi which is characterised by Mukhavakrata, Vakasanga, Shirokampa, Grivachibukadanta Vedana and Netravikriti. On the basis of these features Ardita can be correlated with Bell�s palsy, a lower motor neuron disorder of facial nerve. In the present study a Hindu male patient aged 20years presented with typical features of Bell�s palsy and was registered for the study. Patient was treated according to the treatment of Ardita given in Ayurvedic classics. Nasya with Kshirabala taila, Tarpana with Jeevantyadi Ghrita, Karnapoorana with Ksheer- Bala Taila and Shiropichu with Rasanaadi taila were done along with oral drugs for 28 days. Assessment criteria was adopted on the basis of House Brackmann�s grading for Facial Paralysis. Patient had 100% relief in wide palpebral aperture, smiling sign, nasolabial folds, dribbling of saliva, forehead frowning and trapping of food between cheeks and teeth. No side-effects of medicines or procedure were observed during and after the treatment.