Clinical Evaluation of Erandamuladi vasti on Gridhrasi (Sciatica)

Abstract

Sciatica is a neurological disease caused mainly due to unknown etiology or inter vertebral prolwsed. It is rot fatal, but severe pain may make the patient bed ridden. The management of sciatica with unknown etiology still a medical problem where except for some palliative measures no permanent medical treatment is available. The NSAlDs, of course, may instantaneously relieve the pain and are being widely used in the medical practice. But the adverse effects are so drastic that the patents are forced to discontinue the treatment. Keeping the above shortcoming in view, an attempt was made to find out the ther4eutic effcacy of Erandamuladi vasti on this disease. Total 30 cases were taken for the study and received selected therapy. The result was highly encouraging and statistically highly significant (P< 0.001 ).