@article{Dr. Suma Astagimath_Dr. S G Chavana_Dr. Prashanth AS_2021, title={To evaluate the effect of Dashamula Churna Pinda Sweda a touchstone procedure in the management of Vatakantaka}, volume={6}, url={https://jaims.in/jaims/article/view/1325}, DOI={10.21760/jaims.v6i3.1325}, abstractNote={<p><em>Vatakantaka</em> is disease of foot and heel with <em>Kantakavat Vedana</em>. <em>Vatakantaka</em> is non fatal common condition which makes life miserable due to pain. When<em> Vata</em> gets vitiated due to walking long distance, excessive strain, walking on uneven surface, the vitiated <em>Vata dosha</em> gets accumulated in <em>Khuddal pradesha </em>(ankle) and causes pain as if pricked by thorn. Hence termed as <em>Vatakantaka.</em> <em>Vatakantaka</em> can be co-related to Calcaneal spur in modern parlance. Calcaneal spur is a pointed bony growth on calcaneus bone. The incidence of calcaneal spur in normal population is 15.5%. And in South Indian population it is 59% of which 60% are female. Here 10 cases of <em>Vatatakantaka</em> vis-a-vis Calcaneal spur were subjected to <em>Dashamula Churna Pinda Sweda</em> for 7 days, followed by <em>Nirgundi Guggulu </em>for 30 days. Patients showed significant results in subjective and objective parameters.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences}, author={Dr. Suma Astagimath and Dr. S G Chavana and Dr. Prashanth AS}, year={2021}, month={Jul.}, pages={01 - 05} }