Management of stomachache

Phase 2/3

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Acute cholecystitis with chronic cholecystitis. Ayurveda Condition: UDARA/UDARAROGAH, (2) ICD-10 Condition: N202||Calculus of kidney with calculus of ureter. Ayurveda Condition: ASMARI, (3) ICD-10 Condition: N946||Dysmenorrhea, unspecified. Ayurveda Condition: ARTAVADOSHAH/ARTAVADUSHTIH/RAJODOSHAH, (4) ICD-10 Condition: R108||Other abdominal pain. Ayurveda Condition: SULAH,

Brief Summary: Abdominal colicky pain is very frequently seen in many surgical conditions likes urinary Calculus, hepato-colicky, intestinal colicky pain, abdominal cramps, dysmenorrhoea. Abdominal pain is that you feel anywhere between your chest and groin. This is often referred to as the stomach region or belly. Main differential diagnosis of abdominal pain could be urinary calculus, appendicitis, Cholecystitis, Bowel obstruction, Pancreatitis, Chronic functional abdominal pain, Constipation. Most of the pain can be seen as spasmodic pain as there is smooth muscle spasm. In Ayurved there is no specific word for spasmodic pain but abdominal pains are referred as udarshula that most of the time is colicky in nature. One such very painful condition referred as if pain experienced as if death. Pain given by yama (God of death). Antispasmodic drugs used in modern science in the form of oral, intravenous & intramuscular drugs in the abdominal colic, but frequent use of NSAIDS & Antispasmodic drugs may lead to complications due to their ill effect like chronic kidney disease and moreover in chronic kidney disease the more use of analgesic drugs are contraindicated. Ayurvedic medications with shoolhara properties are mentioned in the ashmari chikitsa and Udarshula rogadhikar like Brahmi, sunthi, trivrut, haritak,etc are mentioned in samhitas.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Patient having age in between 18 to 80 years.
Patient with abdominal colicky pain without needing of immediate surgical intervention.
Patients with Multiple urinary calculi (unilateral or bilateral), Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis, abdominal cramps, hepato colicky pain, dysmenorrhoea.
Patient of both genders taken irrespective of caste, religion, and socio-economic status.

Exclusion Criteria

Renal or Ureteric Calculus with severe Hydronephrosis.
Obstructive renal calculi with severe infection.
Obstructive jaundice.
Patient who needs immediate surgical intervention like complete bowel obstruction.
Chronic systemic illness like malignancy & positive HIV, HBSAG, HCV.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessment of reduction of abdominal pain after 24 hours	24 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
assessment of pain after giving medication 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours	3,6 and 12 hours

Locations (1): Parul Institute of Ayurveda
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Vadodara, GUJARAT, India
Parul Institute of Ayurveda
🇮🇳Vadodara, GUJARAT, India
Dr Ullas Manubhai Sengal
Principal investigator
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sengalullas9@gmail.com