In the present era of modernization and fast life, everybody is busy and living a stressful life. Advancement of busy professional and social life, improper sitting posture in office, continuous work in one posture and over exertion, jerking movements during travelling and sports and other strenuous activities – all these factors create undue pressure and stress injury to the spine and play an important role in producing disease like Cervical spondylosis. Nasya karma is considered as a prime line of treatment in urdhwa jathru vikaras. The disease Cervical spondylosis is primarily affecting the neck, to be correlated as manyasthambha.
Comparative Clinical Study in which the data collected before study is compared with data collected after study. 2 groups of 20 patients each suffering from Manyasthambha of either sex in age limit between 20-60 years were selected from the OPD and IPD of the Department of Panchakarma, Karnataka Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital, Integrated AYUSH Hospital of District Wenlock Hospital Mangalore and from Medical camps conducted for the same.
GROUP A: 20 patients were administered with Masha saindava taila Nasya 8 bindus in each nostril once a day for seven days.
GROUP B: 20 patients were administered with Karpasasthyadi tailam Nasya 8 bindus in each nostril once a day for seven days.
Both the group showed significant improvement in the parameters of Ruk, Graha, Cervical spine movements and Muscle strength. Comparative analysis of overall effect of treatments in both the groups showed that the treatment is equally significant in Group A when compared to Group B. Group A overall result is 58.72% and Group B overall result is 60.88%.Present study concluded that Masha saindava Taila Nasya is equally effective as Karpasasthyadi Taila Nasya in managing manyasthambha. Also the cost effectiveness and less production effort makes it a more suitable choice for managing the disease.
Keywords: Manyasthambha, Cervical spondylosis, Nasya karma, Masha saindava taila nasya, Karpasathyadi taila nasya.