Abstract

A CASE STUDY ON THE AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

Dr. Prabhat Kumar*, Dr. Kanchan and Dr. Ketan Mahajan

Abstract

Ankylosing Spondylitis is a form of arthritis that mainly affects the spine and sacroiliac joint. This leads to pain, stiffness, and loss of mobility. The prevalence rate of AS in USA 0.2-0.5% based on the data from multiple contries, the age and sex –adujusted of AS is 0.4-14 per 100,000 annually. No satisfactory treatment is available in modern medicine for this disease. In the present case study, a 30 year old male patient presented with complaints of low back ache, neck pain accompanied by early morning stiffness. The pain was insidious in onset which aggravates during night, early mornings and cold seasons was brought to OPD of Panchakarma Dept. of Patanjali Ayurvedic Hospital in September 2017. Earlier, the patient was admitted In Lucknow hospital for the same but did not show any sign of improvement so patient was admitted and treated with Ayurvedic treatment in the last 2 years. As per Ayurvedic classics, this condition can be correlated with Asthimajjagta Vata for which abhyanga, Anuvasana and Niruha is the basic line of treatment in Charaka Samhita. The outcome was very remarkable and the patient start walking on his own which was absent earlier.

Keywords: Ankylosing Spondylitis, Abhyanga, Asthimajjagata, vata, Niruha Basti, Anuvasna Basti.