Abstract

ROLE OF BASTI IN SCIATICA- A REVIEW

Dr. Mridu Sharma*

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Abstract

Gridhrasi can be equated with sciatica, where pain, weakness, numbness, and other discomforts along the path of the sciatic nerve often accompanies low back pain. It is a common affliction of adults, costing billions of dollars in healthcare and resulting in more lost days of work than any other illness but the common cold. In present era, attentively engaged in professional and social life, eventually forgotten normal sit and lie postures. Hustles like Jerky movements during travelling, poor postures, bending and lifting awkward etc., creates extreme pressure on the spine which affects functional ability of lower limbs. Basti is a purificatory process by which all the three vitiated doshas are expelled from The anal canal and especially vata is pacified. As a result of excretion of vitiated dosha the physiological equilibrium in three doshas is maintained and lasting results are produced after the therapy in the form of sound health. Basti therapy is a complex process in which several factors take active part for completing the action of basti. Instead of pinpointing to one type of mechanism it is presumed that various factors work in collaboration with each other to produce the beneficial effect of basti therapy. Here an attempt has been made to explain the probable mode of action of matra basti treatment of Gridhrasi.

Keywords: Basti, Sciatica, dosha, vata.