Abstract

A REVIEW OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT IN URETHRAL STRICTURE (MUTRAMARG SANKOCH) & PRESENT CLINICAL PRACTICES

*Vineet Kini, S. D. Waghmare and Shrikant Wakudkar

Abstract

Urethral Stricture is the very common problem occurring in the patients after prolonged urinary tract infection, Urethral Injury or postsurgical intervention performed through per urethral. Nowdays, due to recent modern advances various surgeries like Urethrolithotomy, Trans-urethral removal of prostate (TURP), cystoscopy are performed through Urethra causing injury to mucosa of urethra, hence urethral stricture gets developed. There are, many surgical procedures advised for Urethral Stricture, but it has more tendency towards recurrence & Complications. In Ayurvedic Literature numerous procedures are explained for Mutramarg Sankoch (Urethral Stricture) according to clinical presentation of Disease. Among the Panchkarma Procedures Uttar Basti is the one in which medicated oil is passed through Urethra & has shown some wonderful results in the management of Urethral Stricture.

Keywords: Urethral Stricture, Uttar Basti, Mutramarg Sankoch.