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A REVIEW OF RESEARCH PAPERS ON NASYA KARMA IN CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS PUBLISHED DURING 2010-2020

Sreekala A. P.* Anup B. Thakar and Nilesh N. Bhatt

Abstract

Introduction: Cervical Spondylosis is a degenerative condition of cervical spine, which comes under the Apatarpanajanya vyadhi as per Ayurveda and it need management in the form of nourishing therapy. The symptoms of this can be correlated to many diseases according to ayuveda, like manya sthambha, astigata vata etc Materials and method: Nasya is an effective therapy for Cervical Spondylosis, and a lot of research work has been carried out regarding this. Among these, those published during 2010-2020 were collected and those fulfilling the criteria for a scientific paper were selected and reviewed for this study. Total nine papers were scrutinized and drawn conclusions. Discusion and conclusion: eight out of nine trials were done with snehana Nasya and in a comparative trial involving shamana and brimhana Nasya showed significantly no difference in between. Drugs which are brimhana or shamana can be used for Nasya, preferably oils prepared with kapha vata shamana drugs or avarti taila, for the management of Cervical Spondylosis Standardization of procedure and dosage of Nasya will give safe and effective mode of administration.

Keywords: Cervical Spondylosis, Astigata vata, manya stambha, greeva graha, Nasya, Snehana Nasya.