ROLE OF PANCHTIKTA GUGGULU GHRITA MATRA BASTI AND KSHEERA-BALA TAILA JANU BASTI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF JANU SANDHIGATA VATA

Abstract

The disease Sandhi gata vata is a vata vyadhi dominated by pain affecting the sandhi and it is one of the major problems in elders. Osteoarthritis, also erroneously called degenerative joint disease of human’s .Among the elderly Knee OA is the leading cause of chronic disability in the developed countries. The present study is to evaluate the efficiency of Panchtikta guggulu ghrita matra basti along with janu basti with ksheera bala taila in Sandhigata vata.It is a single blind clinical study with pre-test and post-test design where in 15 patients diagnosed as Sandhigata vata based on classical signs and symptoms along with radiological changes, Patients were randomly selected according to inclusive and exclusive criteria and all were administered Panchtikta guggulu ghrita matra basti along with janu basti with ksheera bala taila for a period of 10 days. The relevant investigations were adopted for diagnosis and to assess the improvement. The follow-up period was up to 10 days.In this present series majority of patients registered were females and at the age group of 51-60 (36%) years. Who were on physical exertion, upper Middle class family, and mixed variety of Dietary. The effect of treatment on the signs and symptoms were recordered, and changes discussed.Panchtikta guggulu ghrita matra basti with ksheera bala taila janu basti helps in providing an effective and safe treatment for sandhigata vata of janu sandhi.Matra basti and janu basti if performed together gives better results than Janu basti done alone, besides this due to broader applicability, minimum contraindications and nil complication makes it acceptable choice of treatment in sandhigata vata.