Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF GRAHANI ROGA IN AYURVEDA: A CASE STUDY

Swagata Chakraborty* and Aparajita Das

Abstract

In present era, Grahani Roga is a common GI Tract disorder affecting the daily life because of its direct link with improper food habits and stressful lifestyle. Grahani is the main functional part of Mahasrota in between amashaya & pakwashaya, also known as the 6th kala i.e. Pittadhara Kala where jatharagni resides and its main function is to hold the ahara upto the end of avasthapaka & after completion passes it into pakvasaya. Any individual if suffering from symptoms like alternate passing of hard & loose bowel habits, abdominal pain, passing of foul smelling stool, mucus in faecal matter can be diagnosed as Grahani roga. In modern science, above symptoms can be correlated with IBS(Irritable Bowel Syndrome). In IBS the wall of the intestine becomes sensitive to even mild stimulus which causes excess abdominal cramps & hence the bowel movement alters along with indigestion. In India, IBS affects about 15% of adult population. In this case, an effort was made to treat a 50 years old female patient having symptoms like Muhurbaddha Muhurdravam, sarujam ama-apakwa puti Malapravritti, bahusho bimunchati etc. with abhyanga, vaspa swedana, Ksheeradhara, nasya and oral medications having properties like dipana, pachana, medhya etc. for 60 consecutive days. At the end of 60 days of treatment patient got highly significant improvement in symptoms as well as investigation.

Keywords: Grahani Roga, Grahani, Mahasrota, Pittadhara Kala, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ksheeradhara.