A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF KSHEERA VAITARANA AND DASHAMOOLA KSHEERA VASTHI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KATIGRAHA W.S.R. TO LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS - A PILOT STUDY.

Each and every human desires to live happy and comfortable life, but it is impossible owing to multiple factors related with changing lifestyle, environmental factors etc.lifestyle of modern human being has created several disharmonies in his biological system.The advancement of busy professional and social life,improper sitting posture in office, factories, continuous and over exertion, jerking movements during travelling and sports etc factors create undue pressure on the spinal cord and play an important role in producing katigraha.Likewise,progressive disorders affecting the pelvis and nearer structures are also precipitating this condition.In this way, this disease is now becoming a significant threat to the working population. The severity of pain makes an individual wretched.In this study lumbar spondylosis is correlated to katigraha. Even surgical intervention is not friutfull in the management of lumbar spondylosis. Such forlorn patients after taking allopathic treatement for sufficiently long period come to Ayurveda with great credence. So it is the need of the hour to direct the effort to re-establish the measures indicated for katigraha in the classic texts of Ayurveda by proving its efficacy on the parameters established by recent medical science. In current study, assessment of ksheera vaitarana vasthi, Dashamoola ksheera vasthi in yogavasthi pattern for a period of 8 days is attempted in management of katigraha. It provided highly significant results in improving range of movements and pain intensity.