Chronic Pain Management by Analgesic Effects of Shoolprashman Mahakashaya Herbal Drugs: A Conceptual Review

Sachin Nagar; Ramraj Singh

doi:10.21760/jaims.9.9.28

Sachin Nagar Final Year Post Graduate Scholar, Dept. of Kayachikitsa, Institute of Post-Graduate Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Ramraj Singh M.D. Kayachikitsa, Government Ayurved College and Hospital, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.9.9.28

Keywords: Chronic pain, Shoolprashman Mahakashaya, Herbal Drug

Abstract

Chronic pain can lead to physical limitations, emotional suffering, and social isolation, all of which can seriously impair a person's quality of life. In addition, poor chronic pain diagnosis and management can worsen opioid use disorders and increase the risk of morbidity and mortality among people who suffer from it. Consequently, healthcare professionals must understand chronic pain and implement appropriate treatment strategies. Due to the discovery of analgesic nephropathy and other systemic illnesses brought on by excessive and prolonged use of analgesics, Shoolprashman Mahakashya, an alternate method of managing chronic pain of unknown cause, is referenced in Ayurveda. This article focuses on Shoolprashman Mahakashaya's herbal drug phytoconstituent, which acts as an analgesic, and its mode of action on the pain and inflammatory markers.

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