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Guillain-barre-syndrome is the most common type of acute polyneuropathy. It is a rare disorder and it is an acute diffuse post infective disease involving spinal roots, peripheral nerves and occasionally cranial nerves causing generalized paralysis. The nerve injury causes pain to precede muscle weakness that ascends rapidly from lower to upper limbs, areflexia, numbness, ophthalmoplegia, often with pupillary paralysis. This present case is the effectiveness of Ayurvedic Panchakarma Treatment along with the intravenous immunoglobulins in the management of Guillain-barre-syndrome. The signs and symptoms of GBS can be correlated with Sarvangavata in our Ayurveda classics having the symptoms like Ruja, Cheshta Nivrutti, Vaksthambha. The line of treatment in the other medicinal systems includes Plasmapharesis or intravenous immunoglobulin therapy or ventilatory support gives only symptomatic relief and the chances of re-occurrence are more, so in such cases the Ayurvedic Panchakarma plyas an important role. A 17 year old male patient visited to Sane Guruji Aarogya Kendra OPD with complaining of severe dysphagia, dysarthria, bilateral upper limbs weakness, bilateral leg pain since 3 days. He was diagnosed with Guillain-barre syndrome. GBS can be correlated with Sarvangavata by various symptoms. The patient was admitted in Sane Guruji Aarogya Kendra ICU and managed with Sarvanga Abhyanga (oleation therapy), Sarvanga Swedana (Steam therapy), Basti (Enema), Nasya (Nasal administrations of Ayurvedic drugs) along with Intravenous immunoglobulins. He got relief in all clinical features in 10 days. The collected data emphasize the potential of Ayurveda interventions in GBS. Remarkable results were observed in the form of improvement in muscle power with speech improvement. There was no difficulty in deglutition, upper limb movements, standing, walking after treatment. And now patient is almost near to normal.