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DIFFERENT MODALITIES OF PAIN MANAGEMENT IN AYURVEDA:- A REVIEW ARTICLE

*Dr. Mangal Singh, Dr. Chandan Singh, Dr. Jyoti Dhakar, Dr. Surendra Kumar Verma and Dr. Jayanat Nagar

Abstract

“Owch its Paining” this is the most popular complaint everybody is facing. There were a lot of methods for pain management. It may be occur at any stage of life, with varying intensity and may be able to occur at any location, at any person without any age barrier. Many people have a false belief that Ayurveda is no good in times of acute pain, Ayurvedic medicines should only be consumed in chronic illnesses and it always gives very slow results but the thing is they are unaware of the wonder management. Here are the various ways to kill pain. Internal treatment includes the administration of herbal medicines internally. It may be in the form of tablet, capsule, and herbal compound powder. External treatment includes swedan, abhyanga, basti, agnikarma, raktamokshan, lepa etc. The concept of pain management is a big domain, so the treatment protocol varies accordingly. Some may get relieved with internal medications but some with external therapies. Some type of pain may persist for a long time but some other may relieved fastly. In this paper we describe the different modalities of pain management in ayurveda.

Keywords: Pain, swedan, abhyanga, basti, agnikarma, raktamokshan, etc.