Abstract

EFFECT OF KATIBASTI IN GRIDHRASI – A CASE STUDY

Manisha Kakde*, Dr. Maya V. Gokhale, Dr. Sushrut Deshpande

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Abstract

Introduction: In Ayurveda gridhrasi disease is explained under vatavyadhi chikitsa adhyaya in Charaka samhita, it is ruja Pradhan nanatmaja vatavyadhi. Gridhrasi is one of the most common disease that affect the lumbar region and lower limbs. Symptom of the gridhrasi can be well correlated with sciatica in modern science. Materials and Methods: A female patient having age 41 yrs presented with complain of katishoola (lower back pain), katistambha (spasm), sakashta chankraman (difficulty in walking), ubhay hasta pada chimchimayan (tingling sensation over upper and lower limb) for 4 months. Also complaining of asamyak malapravartana. It was treated with traditional external therapy described in ayurvedic text’s and as well as internal medication after pachana. External therapy included sthanik snehan, swedan, Katibasti and Abhyantara chikitsa. Patient was clinically assessed by clinical presentation by SLRT. Pain and tingling walking time was assessed by VAS. Observation and Result: After treatment SLRT shows increased range of motion by 300 for both legs and pain reduction, tingling was observed on VAS scale. Conclusion: This case study reveal that Katibasti , sthanik snehan, swedan and Abhyantara chikitsa are significantly effective and clinically safe as no adverse effects were reported during treatment.

Keywords: Gridhrasi, Vatavyadhi, Sciatica, Katibasti, Sthanik snehan, swedan.