Abstract

A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL EVALUATION OF BALADI YAPANA BASTI AND HAPUSHADI YAPANA BASTI IN KATI GRAH- RESEARCH ARTICLE

Bhumika Mishra, Dr. Ruchi Gupta, Dr. Atul Kumar Agrawal, Dr. Ketan Mahajan*

Abstract

Lumbar spondylosis is described as a degenerative disorder affecting the lumbosacral region of the spine, resulting in intervertebral disc degeneration. According to Gada Nigraha, Kati Grah is one of the disorder of impaired Vata having Joint stiffness (Kati Stambha), Low backache (Kati Shoola), Restriction of movement (Akunchan Prasarane Akshamta), Numbness (Kati Suptata). Panchakarma is the pivot of Ayurveda cosmos. Basti Karma is known to be the best remedy for Vata disorders thus for this research, open labelled clinical study was done wherein 50 patients were taken in random manner having symptoms of Kati Grah and were divided into two groups, group A received Baladi Yapana Basti and group B received Hapushadi Yapana Basti for 8 days evaluation and the result of both the group exhibited that the improvement provided by group A was better in both sign & symptoms like Kati Shool, Akunchan Prasarane Akshamta, Kati Suptata in comparison to group B.

Keywords: Kati Grah, Vata Vyadhi, Lumbar Spondylosis, Baladi Yapana Basti, Hapushadi Yapana Basti, Panchakarma.