A PILOT STUDY ON EFFECT OF YAVA KSHARA WITH TAKRA AS ANUPANA IN MOOTRASHMARI (UROLITHIASIS)
Keywords:
Mootrashmari, Yava kshara, TakravAbstract
Mootrashmari - an stony hard structure generated in mootravaha strotas. Usually recognized by a classical type of pain, termed as ‘Yamopama (madhav nidan)’ in classics. In the modern arena, for mootrashmari (Urolithiasis) surgical procedures are the only treatment of choice (Manual of Surgery by Das) which is not conductive enough as they hold the disadvantages of high expenditure, side effects and disease recurrence. It is in this dire situation, the desperate need to find conservative medicine which is an inexpensive, effective and appropriate medicine to treat Mootrashmari which has very less disadvantages which can avoid the recurrence. So a clinical trial was carried out in 10 patients presented with signs and symptoms of Mootrashmari irrespective of their sex, religion, Occupation to see efficacy of ‘yava kshara with takra (buttermilk) s anupana for mootrashmari. In present Clinical trial ‘yava kshara’ was given in dose of 125mg with takra (buttermilk) before food B.I.D. for 15 days to each subject. There was overall 98.43% relief in vedana symptom, 97% relief in mootra krucchata, mootra dhara sang & 86.05 % relief in size of mootrashmari. Hence it is concluded that yava kshara with takra anupana can be significant and a better option for surgery in the management of Mootrashmari.
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