Volume 21 No 7 (2023)
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EFFICACY OF AGNIKARMA ALONG WITH SHUDDHA GUGGULU IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SNAYU VIKAR W.S.R.TENNIES ELBOW
Dr Sumedh Wasnik., Dr. Chaturbhuj Bhuyan
Abstract
Tennis elbow is most common insertional tendinopathy of human body resulting due to specific occupations or repeated intensity trauma. Overuse of tendons of extensor origin or sudden trauma also leads to Tennis elbow,it is degenerative disorder. On the basis of pathophysiology and symptomatology, it can be considered as Batik Snayu Vikar,but there is no any named disease described in Ayurvedic text. As far as management of tennis elbow is considered,no standard, safest,or perfect treatment is available. Patients are generally managed conservatively by NSAIDS and physical therapy refractory patients are given steroid injections which have their side-effects in long run. Patients who do not respond to injections may also have to go for surgical interventions, which is costly affair and can also lead to various complications like posterior- lateral instability of elbow joint.
Agnikarma therapy,a Para surgical procedure mentioned for the treatment of vatvyadhi and Snayu vikar in the classic of Ayurveda. Agnikarma has been employed for various alignments as a line of treatment. Guggulu was considered agrya dravya for vata. Vata is mainly alleviate the pain. According to Bhavmishra, Guggulu has anti-inflammatory property, and hence helps in decreasing the inflammation over lateral epicondyle. Thus helps in the relief from disease. Agnikarma with shuddha Guggulu provides a better Ayurvedic treatment modality for tennis elbow without any side-effects.
Keywords
Agnikarma,Snayu Vikar, Tennis elbow, Shuddha Guggulu
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