A Comparative Clinical Study of Yogabasti with Dhanwantaram Taila, Dashamooladi Kwatha and Trayodasanga Guggulu in the Management of Gridhrasi with special reference to Lumbar Radiculopathy
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Pain in the low back is an often encountered musculoskeletal disorder in clinical practice. It is one of the primary reasons for disability in the developed and developing world and accounts for billions of dollars in healthcare costs annually. Different epidemiological studies show various degrees of incidence of pain in the low back region. However, it is found to be anywhere between 5% to more than 30% with a lifetime prevalence of 60% to 90%. Occurrence of pain in the low back is mostly self limited and restore without intervention. Approximately 50% of cases will restore within one to two weeks and, 90% of cases will resolve in 6 to 12 weeks. A pain of radiating nature associated with other symptoms is radiculopathy. It is a very painful condition and it happens due to the compression or inflammation of spinal nerves. Lumbo-sacral radiculopathy is a term used for describing a pain syndrome caused by compression, impingement or irritation of spinal nerve roots in the lumbo-sacral area. Here, the impinged nerve gives pain, numbness, weakness and tingling sensation. In the present day to-day life, a packed schedule in work and social parts of life exerts us continuously and extensively. Effects of sitting for long hours in bad postures coupled with travelling in bumpy roads and sports activities create undue pressure over the spine, which ultimately puts pressure over lumbo-sacral area due to its anatomic lordotic curvature. Gridhrasi is a vedana or shula pradhana vatavydhi. Due to this intense pain the way the patient walks or his/her gait also changes. It interferes with the functional ability of low back and lower limbs. Sciatica commonly has a 13 percentage to 40 percentage of incidence in one’s life time. However, annually in Sciatica patients episodic incidence varies anywhere between 1 to 6 percentage. The utility of Basti chikitsa is well praised by different acharyas for advocating gridhrasi’s cure. Basti which includes both nirooha and anuvasana are having definite properties and action for the alleviation of vata. As gridhrasi is vata pradhana vyadhi, Yoga Basti will help to manage the disease effectively.
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Pradeep Kumar Moharana, Anita Patel
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