EFFICACY OF RAKTAMOKSHAN BY CUPPING THERAPY IN KATI SANDHIAGATA VATA

Abstract

The sedentary lifestyle, change in food habits, addictions, and improper sitting postures, jerky movements in travel, sports activities and bad sleeping posture etc. are the important factors responsible for spinal disorders. In the fast-moving life everyone is expecting fast curative therapies for diseases or disorders, but these therapies cause some short of side effects then starting a vicious circle in which one part of body is cured and other is affected. Katigata Vata is a clinical condition develops when the vitiated Vata localized in Kati Pradesha. The objective of the present study is to assess the efficacy of Raktamokshan by cupping therapy in kati sandhigata vata (lumbo sacral spine). The present study is open labelled single arm study. Initially the patients were screened with the help of inclusion and exclusion criteria. The voluntarily written Informed consent of the patients that fulfil the selection criteria were taken. The Raktamokshan was done in four sittings in 7 days interval at lumber region with the help of Modified Shring Yantra (cupping therapy). The total duration of study is one Month.