“A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF SHEETALA JALA NASYA AND MASHA TAILA NASYA WITH RASNADI GUGGULU IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AVABAHUKA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FROZEN SHOULDER”

Abstract

Avabahuka is a disease of Amsa Sandhi (shoulder joint) and it has been described under eighty types of Vata Vyadhi by Acharya Sushruta. Being a disease of shoulder joint, which has greatest range of motion, is of vital importance to the activities of daily routine work. This disease is a hindrance in one’s productivity. Various effective treatment modalities have been mentioned in our classics regarding this disease. In order to reverse the pathogenesis, Shodhana is advised initially followed by Shamana therapies. In the present study 40 patients were selected incidentally and placed randomly into two groups- A and B, with 20 sub-jects in each group. Group- A received Nasya with Sheetala Jala and Group- B received Nasya with Ma-sha Taila followed by Rasnadi Guggulu as Shamanoushadhi for both groups A and B. In both the groups after 7th day of Nasya Karma follow up was done. Assessment was done on the bases of symptomatology. Nasya Karma provided highly significant results in all the symptoms of Avabahuka. In the present study as per the clinical data, ‘Nasya with Masha Taila is found to be more effective than Nasya with Sheetala Jala’.