Clinical study of Raktamokshana procedure in the disease Gridhrasi

Padma Lochan Sankhua; Ajay Kumar

Padma Lochan Sankhua Associate Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of Panchakarma, Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ajay Kumar Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Panchakarma, Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Keywords: Gridhrasi, Sciatica, Raktamokshan, MVSBAP, Prachchhana, Ghatiyantra.

Abstract

Gridhrasi is one type of Nanatmaja Vata Vyadhi as described in Charaka Samhita. The signs and symptoms of this disease keep much relationship with those of Sciatica according to modern medical science. This disease is a painful neuralgia of Sciatic nerve, in which pain starts from the gluteal region of the patient and radiates down gradually through the back of thigh, knee, calf and outer border of foot. Traditional Ayurvedic medicines applied to alleviate pain of this disease sometimes seem insufficient. In this condition a clinical trial has been done through the application of Multiple Vacuum Syringe Blood Aspiration Procedure (MVSBAP) along with the traditional Ayurvedic medicines. Raktamokshana is an effective bloodletting therapy. Classically it is described as six types i.e., (1) Shringa, (2) Jalauka, (3) Alabu, (4) Shiravedha, (5) Prachchhana and (6) Ghatiyantra. In the present study, the Multiple Vacuum Syringe Blood Aspiration Procedure (MVSBAP), a combination of Prachchhana and Ghatiyantra, is applied to the Gridhrasi patients. Total 60 patients are selected for the clinical trial by simple random sampling method from the OPD and IPD of Government Ayurveda College and Hospital, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Two groups are made like Group-A and Group-B, each consisting of 30 patients. Patients of Group-A are treated with only traditional Ayurvedic medicines and patients of Group-B are treated with MVSBAP along with traditional Ayurvedic medicines. After one month of treatment, final assessment is done on statistical parameters and the result is incurred.

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