Correspondence Address:
Vd. Snehal Navnath Jagtap PG Scholar, Dept. Of Kayachikitsa, Government Ayurved College, Nanded, Maharashtra, India ,431601 Email:jsnehal3333@gmail.com Contact No. 9657247366
Date of Acceptance: 2023-01-19
Date of Publication:2023-02-15
Article-ID:IJIM_216_02_23 https://ijim.co.in
Source of Support: Nill
Conflict of Interest: None declared
How To Cite This Article: Jagtap S., Nalkande M., Gogate V. , Dongare P. Systemic Review And Analysis Of Research of GhridhrasiInt. J Ind Med 2023;4(2):11-15
Ayurveda is considered as one of the oldest and traditional system of medicine. At present the lifestyle is slowly shifting towards irrational habits leading to many diseases. Physical inactivity and some other reasons put maximum pressure on the lumbar region with lower limb. Gridhrasi is a vatavyadhi, Specific samprapti of Ghridrasi is not explain in Ayurveda but it is one of the 80 types of Nanatmaja vatavyadhi where lakshana initially affect Sphika(buttock), also extend to the posterior aspect of Uru(thigh), Janu (knee), Jangha(calf) , Pada(foot). In modern science it can be equated with sciatica pain. The typical sciatica pain starts along with sciatica nerve, as it may be unilateral or bilateral. It causes difficulty in walking, where the gait is described as one slightly tilted to the affected side with the affected lower limb in flex position .Ayurvedic chikitsa will help to cure Gridhrisi without any adverse effect. In this article Systemic review of 4 research works has been done. All these works conducted Ayurvedic management through both Shodhana and Shaman chikitsa. Review shows improvement of result in chief complaints and neurological finding in study work but effect of Shodhana chikitsa was slightly better tha internal medications and formulations.
Keywords: Gridhrasi, Sciatica Research, Shodhana, Shamana
