Open AccessMANAGEMENT OF A CASE OF LUMBAR STENOSIS WITH AYURVEDIC INTERVENTION
Author(s) -
Kshirod Kumar Ratha,
Laxmi Dhar Barik,
Jayram Hazra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2016.v9s2.13727
Subject(s) - medicine , laminectomy , lumbar , stenosis , intervention (counseling) , surgery , low back pain , lumbar spine , spinal stenosis , lumbar spinal stenosis , back pain , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology , psychiatry , spinal cord
Ayurveda intervention is gaining popularity for chronic and degenerative disorders. Lumbar stenosis is narrowing of spaces of lumbar spine cause morbidity in old age. Surgical laminectomy is the only answer in conventional therapy. However, the disease can be better managed in Ayurveda through panchakarma and rasayana treatment. Keywords: Low back pain, Lumbar stenosis, Panchakarma, Katigraha.