Abstract

THE ASSESSMENT OF EFFICACY OF ASHWAGANDHA TAIL UTTARBASTI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VATASHTHILA W.S.R. TO BPH

*Dr. Suyesha Baburao Jadhav and Dr. Dnyaneshwar D. Chavan

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Abstract

Now a days Geriatric group are more suffer from BPH (Vatashthila) are the commonest world wide problem. But there is no permanent, side-effect less remedy for this BPH. But Uttar-Basti may be the good option for this. Here Ayurveda works, according to Ayurveda science, urinary bladder is reside of Vata. Due to the Vata vitiation this Vatashthila (BPH) occurs, tail (Oil) is the best for Vata mitigation.so we decided to work over this BPH symptoms by Uttar-basti, The treatment of Ayurveda. Uttar-basti is a new treatment method for modern world, but in Ayurveda it well elaborated by Acharya Sushruta in his scripture i.e. Sushruta Samhita. This treatement is very beneficial for symptoms involving the urethra, the prostate and bladder in men. It involves the classical symptoms like frequently urination, Weak stream, feeling like you can’t empty your bladder, voiding or obstructive symptoms such as hesitancy, poor and/or intermittent stream, straining, prolonged micturition, irritative symptoms such as frequency, urgency, and nocturia. In Uttar-Basti, Ashwagandha tail sterilized and medicated oil is used to pushed through urethral route. This takes about 15-20 minutes to complete procedure safely. This is done for 2 weeks at 1week of interval. This is OPD and IPD level procedure. It does not cause any infection, if all aseptic precautions are taken. In this study, we studied & treated all BPH symptoms by Uttarbasti treatment with Ashwagandha tail. And we found that Ashwagandha tail Uttar-basti treatment is very effective. Uttar-basti, not only controls BPH symptoms but also enhances the quality of life in geriatric group and one can avoid the surgical procedure.

Keywords: Uttar-basti, BPH, Ayurveda, Ashwagandha Tail.