THE STUDY OF BASTI CHIKITSA ON OSTEO-ARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT
*Dr. Atul S. Mankar and Dr. Sandesh Arekar
ABSTRACT
This is single blind randomized sampling experimental method of clinical study. In this study the Panchakarma treatment Basti was given to the patients of Osteo-arthritis and relief score was measured. The symptom wise assessment was done on the patients before the treatment and after the treatment of Basti. If treatment is given to Vata dosha its effect must be seen at Vata sthana so in this study Basti treatment had given to Vata dosha and we got result at its one of the site i.e. knee joint. In this study it was seen that chief control of V?ta-Sth?na is Pakv??aya, through which, vitiated V?ta is controlled very efficiently by the treatment like Basti Chikitsa. Hence with this study it was concluded that the Basti is very effective treatment on the osteoarthritis of knee joint.
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