Clinical study to evaluate efficacy of sahachar oil matra basti in management of gridhrasi (sciatica )

Phase 2/3

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Sciatica. Ayurveda Condition: GRUDHRASI,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2024/01/061202
• Lead Sponsor: Tilak ayurved mahavidyalaya pune

Brief Summary

Number of patients suffering with  gridhrasi  is becoming quite high. The modern science is mainly based on symptomatic treatment which includes analgesics and physiotherapy. Surgery is another option but is economically not possible to every patient.

In ayurvedic samhitas there are many better options available for treatment of gridhrasi. Gridhrasi is one of the vaatvyadhi and basti being ardha chikitsa of vaatvyadhi, it will also be effective in gridhrasi. Hence a clinical study to evaluate efficacy of sahachar tail matra basti in management of gridhrasi and the observations will be drawn from the outcome of patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

1.Patient with age group 30 to 60 years 2.Patient having minimum 3 signs and symptoms of gridhrasi i.e shool, sthambha, toda, graha, gridhravatachalan, kaphaj lakshanas- tandra, gaurava, vanhimardava,bhaktadwesh.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1.Patients who are contraindicated for basti as per brihatrayi.
• 2.Mentruating womens, medical conditions related to female reproductive system, pregnant and PNC patients.
• 3.Patients having spinal deformities, severe traumatic injury to spinal cord and having unbearable pain 4.Patients having chronic and major illness like cardiac, renal, autoimmune diseases etc.
• 5.known sero positive 6.
• known potts spine, acute vertebral disc prolapse, bamboo spine, vertebral fusion 7.
• any abdominal surgical procedures.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate the efficacy of sahachar tail matra basti in management of gridhrasi	7 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shoola, stambha, toda, spandan, graha, tandra, aruchi, gaurav,	slr test, slump test, oxford pain chart, walking time.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tilak ayurved mahavidyalaya and Seth tarachand ramnath dharmartha hospital; 🇮🇳 Pune, MAHARASHTRA, India

Tilak ayurved mahavidyalaya and Seth tarachand ramnath dharmartha hospital

🇮🇳Pune, MAHARASHTRA, India

Vd Iravati Laxman Kulkarni

Principal investigator

7588307923

iravatikulkarni18@gmail.com