Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF ANNADRAVA SHOOL IN AYURVEDA W.S.R GASTRIC ULCER A CASE STUDY

Dr. Sandesh A. Tonge* and Dr. Bhagwat T. Shinde

ABSTRACT

Anna means food, drava means liquids, the pain (colic) which is associated and aggravates with food and liquids is called anna drava shula. Annadrava Shoola shows the characteristic features of Pain before, during the digestion and after the digestion. The present era is an era of new inventions and the modern medical science has stuck the mind of all by its day-to-day development. Disorders related to the digestive system are more on the rise due to the faulty diet and one such condition is peptic ulcer. Gastric ulcers are most commonly located on the lesser curvature, whereas duodenal ulcers are most common at the duodenal bulb. The ulcer is round to oval with a smooth base. Acute ulcers have regular borders, while chronic ulcers have elevated borders with inflammation. An ulcer extends beyond the muscularis mucosa. In this paper, a case study on Annadrava shoola has been explained. A male patient of 56 years of age came to the Kayachikitsa OPD PMT’s Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Shevgaon having complain of pain and burning sensation in abdomen for 9 months as well as irregular bowel evacuation in the last 4 months. The nature of pain was gradual on onset and burning type and exaggerated after meal. On the basis of history of the patient and endoscopy report, he was diagnosed as gastric ulcer. In Shamana Chikitsa was done with combinations of Sutashekhar Ras, Krishnadi Loha and Shatavari Churna, Trifala Guggulu and laxatives for one month. Endoscopy was repeated after one and half months of treatment. Report showed that the treatment cured the Annadrava shoola (gastric ulcer) of the patient.

Keywords: Annadrava shola, gastric ulcer, Shoola.