Abstract

ROLE OF GREEVA BASTI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF GREEVA STAMBH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS

Dr. Sandeep Pratap Singh and Dr. Rekha Bajpai

Abstract

In today’s era, human life is more stressful. Due to change in life style, professional stress, travelling, food habits, peoples are more susceptible for various degenerative disorders. Greeva Stambh is a commonest degenerative disease by which larger group of community has been affected. The Greeva stambha (pain & stiffness in the back of neck) is one of the important Vata Nanatamaja Vikar Described in Ayurveda. So Vatashamak Chikitsha is essential to treat this disease. It also an inflammatory & degenerative in origin & urdhwajatrugata vata vyadhi. Hence Greeva Basti may be the best advisable to palliate the disease, which is prepared with vataharadrugs. Greeva stambh has been enumerated in eighty Nanatmja Vyadhis. It can be clinically corelated with cervical Spondylosis. Greeva Basti is the best treatment of choice in urdhwajatrugata Vyadhis.

Keywords: Greeva stambh, Greeva Basti, Cervical Spondylosis.