A Raktamokshana with cupping method in the Management of Gridhrasi (Sciatica) - A Clinical video Durgesh Nandini Ex. MS (Ayu) scholar, IPGT&RA, GAU, Jamnagar and Presently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Shalya Tantra, Santushti Ayurved Medical College, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Bijendra Shah Ms scholar, Dept. of Shalya Tantra, Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda (IPGT & RA), Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India Keywords: Raktamokshana,, Gridhrasi, Cupping, Sciatica Abstract Gridhrasi can be correlated with sciatica which is a severe painful condition where back pain and radiating pain of the legs are found together on the basis of symptoms. In the treatment of sciatica only symptomatic management and a very few surgical procedures are available in conventional medical science with their own limits. Various methods used for Gridhrasi treatment in Ayurveda but para-surgical methods i.e. Raktamokshana by cupping is more beneficial. A 35 years female diagnosed case of sciatica was registered, from OPD of IPGT&RA was taken and 2 sittings of Raktamokshana by cupping method was performed at lumbo-sacral region and four angula above Janu sandhi (Knee joint). Raktamokshana (Cupping therapy) has shown better result in the symptomatic management of Gridhrasi (Sciatica). mp4 video Published 2018-01-12 Issue Vol 1 No 2 (2017): Oct- -Dec 2017 Section Clinical Videos
