Abstract

A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF PATHYAGOKSHURADI KWATHA AND TO COMPARE IT WITH SHATAVARYADI KWATHA IN PAITTIKA MUTRAKRICCHRA

Megha Mirajkar* and Surekha Pai

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Abstract

Background and Objectives: Out of eight types of mutrakricchra, paittika mutrakricchra is the commonest type. It’s symptoms resembles the signs and symptoms of acute infection of lower urinary tract. The management of UTI in modern contemporary science is mainly antibiotic therapy. Even though they are useful, they involve considerable amount of risk, side effects and are expensive. In this regard management of UTI by herbal drugs is safe and rational. Considering all the above facts, the study was selected to evaluate and compare the effect of Pathyagokshuradi kwatha and Shatavaryadi kwatha in patients suffering from Paittika Mutrakricchra. Materials and methods: In this clinical trial, 60 patients fulfilling the diagnostic and inclusion criteria were selected and were randomly assigned into two groups group A (Pathyagokshuradi kwatha) and group B (Shatavaryadi kwatha). Results: The effect of treatment was statistically significant in both the groups. When statistical comparison was done between the two groups, no significant difference was found. Conclusion: Both the kwathas are therapeutically effective in the treatment of Paittika Mutrakricchra individually and on comparison there is no significant difference in their effects. H0 is accepted.

Keywords: Mutrakricchra, Pathyagokshuradi kwatha, Shatavaryadi kwatha.