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Kampavata is a slow progressive disorder of late adult life and is one of most prevalent neurological disorder. Parkinson's disease, known in Ayurveda as "Kampavata," is a neurological disorder affecting 1% of the population over age 65 and is the fourth most common neurological degenerative disorder found in the elderly. In Charaka Samhita vepathu has been described as one of the eighty types Vata nantmaja vyadhi and Kampa has been mentioned one among them. The present study objective is to evaluate the efficacy of Chaturbhuja Rasa in Kampavata. A simple random single group observational study is adopted here. Kampavata expresses the signs and symptoms as Karapadatale Kampa, Dehabhramana, Nidrabhanga and Matiksheena. In Rasendrasara sangraha, Chaturbhuja Rasa is directly indicated for Kampavata. Thus an effort is made to evaluate the efficacy of internal administration of Chaturbhuja Rasa in Kampavata. In the present study 20 patients were registered after fulfilling the criteria of diagnosis in a single group. All the patients were examined before and after the trail, according to the case sheet format. Data before the treatment and after the treatment recorded and at the end of study both were compared for assessment. Statistical analysis showed the treatment is more highly significant in the parameters, Kampa, Gatisanga, Stamba, Chestasanga, Tremors and Rigidity. In the parameters Stambha and Chestasanga there was no much difference in before and after treatment values statistically.