A review article: Conceptual study for Gridhrasi management

Abstract

Back pain is fairly frequent these days, both in India and overseas, although its prevalence varies depending on the definitions employed and the demographic investigated. A major study found an incidence of 28.0 episodes per 1000 people per year for low back pain with sciatica and an incidence of 11.6 per 1000 people per year. Low back pain affects men somewhat more than women and is most common in the working population, with the highest frequency reported in individuals aged 2 to 64. Modern medicine lacks precise treatments, particularly for sciatica, so an extensive study was conducted to gain a thorough understanding of the idea of sciatica in Ayurvedic terminology. Because the condition is not well documented in Ayurvedic classics, physicians have found it difficult to treat such patients. So present study has been taken to understand the concept of disease gridhrasi and to achieve a treatment protocol accordingly. Gridhrasi, according to Ayurveda, is one of the disorders produced by Vata vitiation. Sometimes even Kapha vitiation.