ABSTRACT

Title
“A comparative clinical study on nasya karma and nasya karma with greeva basti in
vishwachi w.s.r. to cervical radiculopathy”
Objectives:
1. Literary review of vishwachi /cervical radiculopathy,
2. Literary review of nasya karma & greeva basti
3. To evaluate the effect of nasya in vishwachi
4. To evaluate the effect of nasya with greeva basti in vishwachi.
5. To compare the effect of nasya karma and nasya karma with greeva basti in
vishwachi.
Study design:
Total 20 patients diagnosed as Vishwachi were randomly divided into two equal
groups and the groups were named as: Nasya Karma Group (NK Group) and Nasya
karma with Greeva Basti Group (NGB group). The procedures were administered as
follows:
Purvakarma:
 Group NK: The patients of group NK were administered with abhyanga to the
face and the neck with luke warm dashmuladi yamaka sneha and baspa sweda
to the face and the neck with hot water.
 Group NGB: Patients were subjected to abhyanga to the face and the neck with
luke warm dashmuladi yamaka sneha and baspa sweda to the face and the neck
with hot water followed by nasya karma. For Greeva Basti, the patient were
asked to sit and lean forward by resting forehead on both forearms on table.
 Pradhana karma:
 Group NK: After completion of poorva karma- abhyanga and baspa
swedana, navana type of nasya karma with 8 bindu of dashamooladi yamaka
sneha was administered to each nostril in evening Group NK for 7 days.
 Group NGB: After completion of poorva karma- abhyanga and baspa
swedana, first Greeva Basti with dashmooladi yamaka sneha was performed
in morning hours and navana type of nasya karma with 8 bindus of
dashmuladi yamaka sneha was administered to each nostril in NGB group in
evening for 7 days.

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 Pashchat karma:
 In Group NK after completion of nasya karma, dhoomapana with haridra
choorna followed by kavala with luke warm water were performed.
 In Group NGB after completion of Greeva basti the sneha dravya was drained
out by making a hole at the edge of dough ring of Greeva Basti and then it was
removed. Later the adhered oil on the skin was massaged smoothly. In evening
after nasya karma dhoomapana with haridra choorna followed by kavala with
luke warm water were performed.

Therapy Duration:
 The treatment duration in Group-NK was 7 consecutive days.
 The treatment duration in Group-NGB was 7 consecutive days.

Follow up study and Total Duration : After completion of the course of the
treatment the follow up period was 2 weeks and total duration of the study was 21
days.
Result: All the patients presented with samyak lakshana in both groups. Group-NK
patients showed samyak nasta lakshana and Group-NGB showed samyak nasta
lakshana and samyak swinna lakshana. These are the observations collected after
follow up:-
 Compare to group-NK, Group-NGB showed better results in neck pain, radiation
of pain, neck stiffness, paraesthesia in upper limb, neck tenderness, movements
of neck and neck disability index.
 In vertigo, deep tendon reflexes of both groups showed equal improvement.
 In neck pain, radiation of pain, weakness, movements of neck, deep tendon
reflexes there was improvement observed after follow up in Group-NGB. In
Group-NK, after follow up the improvement was seen in paraesthesia, clumsy
finger movements and neurological deficit. Hence it suggests that there may be
good results during the follow up period also by nasya karma and greeva basti.

Key words: Vishwachi, cervical radiculopathy, Nasya Karma, Greeva Basti,

Dashamooladi Yamaka Sneha.