Abstract

CASE STUDY –MANAGEMENT OF AVABAHUKA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FROZEN SHOULDER BY AYURVEDIC MEDICINE

Vd. Arshadkhan Rasulkhan Pathan*

Abstract

Frozen Shoulder is also known as Adhesive Capsulitis. It is a painful and disabling disorder of shoulder capsule. Frozen shoulder most commonly affect the people between the age of 40 to 60 and occurs in women more often than man. The connective tissue surrounding the glenohumeral joint of shoulder becomes inflamed and stiff, greatly restricting movement and causing chronic pain. Pain is usually constant, worse at night and with cold weather. Certain movement can provoke tremandus pain and cramping. Risk factors for frozen shoulder include tonic seizures, DM, stroke, accidents, lung disease, connective tissue disorder and heart disease. The terms frozen shoulder describes the symptoms like movement of the shoulder is severely restricted, with progressive loss of both active and passive range of motion. In frozen shoulder, there is a lack of synovial fluid, which normally helps the shoulder joint. The shoulder capsule thickens, swells and tightens due to band of scar tissue. In Ayurveda, Frozen Shoulder is compare with Avbahuka disease. Avbahuka is a Vatavyadhi. It is a desease that usually affect the Ansa Sandhi (shoulder joint). Ansa Shosha can be considered as the preliminary stage, where loss or dryness of Shleshaka kapha from ansa sandhi occurs. The next stage, that is, avabahuka occurs due to the loss of shleshska kapha and symptoms like Ansa shoola(shoulder pain) during movement, restricted movement and so on are manifested.

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