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A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF SHUNTYADI GUGGULU IN GRIDHRASI W.S.R TO SCIATICA SYNDROME

Navami L. R.*, Aniruddha S. and Shrilatha Kamath T.

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Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of Shuntyadi Guggulu in Gridhrasi/Sciatica syndrome. Methodology: An open labelled interventional study with pre and post-test design was planned to evaluate the effect of Shuntyadi Guggulu in Gridhrasi/Sciatica syndrome. The study was conducted on patients suffering from Gridhrasi selected from OPD and IPD of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Ayurveda Hospital, Udupi, Karnataka. Shuntyadi Guggulu obtained from SDM Ayurveda Pharmacy, Udupi, Karnataka. The 30 patients were treated with Shuntyadi Guggulu, 2 capsules, each of 500 mg TID after food for 30 days with UshnaJala Anupana. The main outcome measures: Pain - Greenough and Fraser Scoring method; Stiffness, pricking type of pain, Twitching, Functional ability by Sugarbaker and Barofsky Clinical Mobility Scale; Functional Disability by Oswestry Disability Assessment Questionnaire; Restricted Limb Movement/SLR Tests; Neurological Deficit - Herron and Turners Rating and are analyzed statistically using paired T test and Wilcoxon’s method. Results: The study shows an excellent response in most of the subjective and objective criteria. It is evident by statistically significant reduction in the symptom scores of various subjective and objective criteria’s and analyzing the calculated overall result. In the study 96.7% had excellent improvement, 3.3% had moderate improvement. Among the 18 parameters which are taken for the study, in 7 parameters ie. Ruk, Stambha, Toda, Spandana, Aruchi, Tandra, Gaurava, a greater number of patients showed excellent response recording more than 75% improvement. This study proved the excellent effect of Shuntyadi Guggulu inboth Vata and Vata Kaphaja Gridhrasi. Conclusion: Shuntyadi Guggulu is very effective in remission of the signs and symptoms of Gridhrasi as evidenced by improvement in the ability of activities and quality of life and by statistically significant improvement in score of various subjective and objective parameters.

Keywords: Gridhrasi, Shuntyadi Guggulu, Sciatica.