Abstract :
Avabhauka is a disease that usually affects the Amsa sandhi (shoulder joint). Acharya Sushruta and others have considered Avabhahuka as vatajavikara. Amsa shosha (wasting of the shoulder) can be considered as preliminary stage of the disease, where loss or dryness of sleshaka kapha from amsa sandhi. Avabhahuka was first explained by Acharya Sushruta in 500 BC where Stiffness and pain in the shoulder joint which leads to severely restricted movement of hand. It is correlated with frozen shoulder in modern it is also known as adhesive capsulitis which carries similar symptoms of avabhahuka. It is 3 most common cause for musculoskeletal consultation in primary care.Ayurveda has explicitly mentioned that caused by Vata dosha and Soshana of sleshmaka Kapha, so vatanashana and sleshmaka kapha poshana should be the aim of samprapti vighatana towards the cure of the disease. As the disease is purely caused by affliction of vayu and the symptoms come due to the aggravation of Vata so vatanasaka thearpy is advocated as remedy of the same. There are several vatanasaka drug and vatanasaka thearpy but in present study Vishnu taila is selectedhas a trial drug in the form of Nasya (Marsha nasya). The present study is an effort towards elimination of avabhahuka disease (frozen shoulder) with safe and effective method and measure.
Keyword :
Avabhahuka, Frozen shoulder, Vishnu taila etc