EFFECT OF MASHADI TAILAM ANUVASAN BASTI IN MANAGEMENT OF KATIVATA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS

Approach of human being towards life has created various dissonances in his biological system. Busy, professional and communal life, important sitting posture in offices, factories, unremitting and physical exertion, jerking activities during travelling and sports-all these factors create too much pressure to the spinal cord and play a vital role in producing low backache. The disease Kativata correlated with lumbar spondylosis has become a huge problem, in spite of advances in modern science. There are many medicines and surgical procedures to treat Lumbar Spondylosis in modern science which have both merits and demerits. The present study is concerned with the efficacy of “Mashadi Tailam Anuvasan Basti” in management of Kativata w.s.r. to Lumbar Spondylosis, to see whether any significant relief can be provided by this therapy and drug. Total 60 patients of Kativata (Lumbar Spondylosis) were selected randomly from OPD and IPD of Govt. Ayurved Hospital, Nanded and given Mashadi Tailam Anuvasan Basti 60 ml (total 9 anuvasan and 4 niruha basti i.e. after each 3 anuvasan 1 niruha basti) with lumbar traction to treatment group (30 pts.) and only lumbar traction in control group (30 pts.) for 13 days. After a course of therapy symptomatic improvement has been observed in treatment group which is statistically significant