Abstract

TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF CUPPING THERAPY (ALABU KARMA AND PRACHCHHANA KARMA IN SHRUNG) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN (ACUTE AND CHRONIC)

*Vd. Madhuri S. Jadhav and Vd. Sunil A. Bhaskare

Abstract

Cupping therapy is a simple and economic treatment that still needs scientific interpretation. It is of two types – wet cupping and dry cupping. Wet cupping is used for low back pain. It treated effectively diseases with different etiologies and pathogeneses such as Rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension, mmigraine, carpel tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, cellulitis and low back pain etc. The medical and scientific base underlying evidence to explain mechanism of cupping theory is based on ‘TAIBAH THEORY’. This article is related to effect of cupping therapy on low back pain – acute and chronic. Through cupping procedure blood letting done. In ayurveda, Raktamokshana therapy has described under the panchkarma. Siravedha, alaboo, jalaukavaacharana, prachchhana are the types of raktamokshana. Alabu karma along with prachchhana karma in Shrunga can be related to the cupping procedures. In both procedure vaccume is created and blood letting donbe.

Keywords: Panchkarma, Siravedha, alaboo, jalaukavaacharana, prachchhana.