Abstract
Vatkantak is one type of vat-vyadhi, which is most common form of articular disorder. Today’s era, continue standing work like conductor, heavy weight, labour work, travelling and injury etc leads to this disease. All the osteoarthritis diseases in Ayurveda have been described under the heading of ‘vatvyadhi’ vatkantak can be correlated with the calcaneal spur. Here in the case study a female patient of age 45 years presenting with clinical features of vatkantaka and was treated with Agnikarma got relief within 15 days.
Highlights
IntroductionVataKantak(1) is one of the Vata Vyadhi(2) which occurs in Gulpha sandhi(3) region
VataKantak(1) is one of the Vata Vyadhi(2) which occurs in Gulpha sandhi(3) region. It is characterized by shool and shoth (Inflammation) in khudak (Heel). It can be co-related with calcaneal spur in modern science
The Pain relief provided by Agnikarma presents a window of opportunity in the clinical management of calcaneal spur
Summary
VataKantak(1) is one of the Vata Vyadhi(2) which occurs in Gulpha sandhi(3) region. It is characterized by shool (pain) and shoth (Inflammation) in khudak (Heel). It can be co-related with calcaneal spur in modern science. Calcaneal spur (4) is a condition in which Osteophytes (bone spur) are formed on calcareous bone (5) and is characterized by pain during walking, swelling and tenderness over heel. According to acharya Sushruta, Agnikarma is the superior in all Para surgical procedure. For eradication of various diseased conditions of Sira, Snayu and Sandhi in which pain is a predominant symptom. Http://www.granthaalayah.com ©International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH [34]
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