Abstract

A REVIEW ON AGNIKARMA IN GRIDHRASI (SCIATICA)-A CONCEPTUAL STUDY

Swapnil E. Patil* and Gadve B. N.

ABSTRACT

There are 80 vataja Nanatmaj Vikar. Gridhrasi is one of them. Pain is the major symptoms in Gridhrasi. Their is intense shooting pain start from sphik pradesha and radiates downword to kati, prushta, uru, janu, jangha and pada. It leads to difficulty in walking for patients. In modern science gridhrasi co-relates with sciatica as symptoms of both closely resembles with each other. Sciatica occurs due to spinal nerve irritation In modern science there is only conservative management like immobilization, anti-inflammatory, analgesic drugs, surgery is also suggested but it comes with lot of complications. In ayurveda acharya charaka has described Agnikarma, Snehana, Swedana, Basti, Siravedha in the management of Gridhrasi. In currant study we made an attempt to explain Agnikarma in Gridhrasi.

Keywords: Gridhrasi, Agnikarma, Sciatica.