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Disc lesion is the most common cause in the complaint of low back ache. Bad po stures, sudde n jerky movement, l ifting heavy weight s are the common cause s of the d isc lesion. T he presentation may range from a cute low back pain with radiation to the limb to that of weakness, numbness, loss of bladder control . The severity of the pain an d other symp toms demand the attention for energetic treatment. Swedana with vata /kapha shamaka and shoola hara drug like Nirgundi in the form of taila and ka shaya was selected for the study. This was because of vata /Kapha prakopa prominently presented with soola , stam bha and gauravata in Gridhrasi . Present study was a single blind comparative clinical study where in kati basti with Nirgundi taila and Nirgundi kashaya was advised for 7 days in 6 2 patients (2 dropouts) of Gridhrasi. T he signs and symptoms were assessed b efore and after the treatment based on the grading. Results obtained were analyzed for the statistical significance using appropriate test . The statistical analysis within the group revealed that there is statistically significant improvement in all the pa rameters except in neurological deficit (P = 1.000) and arochaka (P = 0.172) in group I whereas in Group II significant improvement observed in all the assessment parameters except in neurological deficit (P = 1.000) , Gaurava (P = 0.347) and A rochaka (P = 0.356) . The statistical analysis in betwee n the group revealed that t here is statistically in significant difference between the groups in all the parameters except in stambha ( P = 0.039) . |
