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UAE-based Ayurveda doctor explains how he cured a sciatica patient
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2/17/2025
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I might have treated few thousands of sciatic patients in the past 23 years of Ayurveda
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practice however some patients they remain in the recall this patient a man of in his
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30s was brought to the clinic as supported by his wife I noticed the way he was walking
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bend his body towards one side while walking with an abnormal throwing action on one leg
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he even denied sitting or lying on the examination table saying it is more painful he was crying
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and mentioned me that there is something pulling in high inside his left leg I really saluted
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in mind the ancient Ayurvedic physicians who named a disease Ghritrasi the condition was
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identified and recorded in 700 BC itself by Susruta who is considered as the the father
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of surgery Ghritra in Sanskrit it means the bird vulture the word Ghritrasi itself suggests
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that the gait of the patient is similar to that of a vulture that's like a gait with
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abnormal throwing action another meaning of the word Ghritrasi is the deep piercing or
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the pulling pain as if a vulture is eating flesh with its sharp beak sciatica is one
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of the most excruciating and irritating pain of any neurological pain this patient with
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his narration of pain literally drew the anatomical course of the the longest nerve
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in the body the sciatic nerve he explained in tears excruciating pulling pain starting
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from the low back radiates all the way to the foot traveling behind the thighs behind
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the calf and on and off pricking sensation twitching or pulsating like an electric shockwave
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numbness and he is unable to feel the foot I diagnosed him as a typical type of Vada
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Ghritrasi which is triggered after lifting a luggage there is another type of Ghritrasi
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which is mentioned in Ayurveda called Vada Kapha Ghritrasi with symptoms of loss of taste
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reduced strength in the leg and heaviness of the leg etc the treatment is slightly different
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in each type in the celebrated Ayurveda book the Ashtanga Hridaya which was written in
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700 AD it clearly mentions that the movement of lifting of the leg is restricted in Ghritrasi
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now restricted straight leg raising or restricted SLR is considered as the clinical confirmation
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of sciatica I suggested this patient to lift his leg he was standing bending his knees
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he refused to even straighten his leg what is SLR when you are in an excruciating pain
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the confidence of an Ayurvedic doctor treating sciatica is coming with an experience of Ayurveda
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treating sciatica over 2500 years with herbs and therapies I tried to rewind you know all
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the Sanskrit slokas mentioned in the Ayurvedic principles of treating sciatica but I didn't
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find any of them suitable for a patient who is unable to sit or lie down and I didn't want
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to cause any further irritation on his firing nerve with oils or therapies actually I thought
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of doing a thermo cautery on his little finger as suggested by the Ayurvedic books however realize
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the practice limitations quickly I started some nerve tonics mentioned in Ayurveda and I asked
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his wife to prepare a portly a herbal compress of powdered horse gram keep it in the steam and
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apply gentle heat on his low back and legs also suggested complete rest for two to three days
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by keeping one or two pillows beneath his knees and to report me after three days Ayurveda recommends
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some do's and don'ts in sciatic patients I tell most of my sciatica patients to reduce dry food
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lentils and dals, cold food, spicy bitter and astringent taste, untimely eating, dieting and
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fasting, over exertion, keeping awake at night, suppression of urges, uncomfortable postures etc
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and this patient he came back after three days with a gentle smile however reported you know
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some numbness weakness and low back pain I have sent him for an x-ray which indicated early wear
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and tear changes of the lumbar vertebrae termed as the lumbar spondylosis I changed the course
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of treatment to that of classical treatment of gridrasi or sciatica with medicines and some
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heat therapies and oil therapies like kizhi, kadivasthi etc and this patient he got out of
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the symptom beautifully within three to four weeks still persisted some numbness on the toes
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I have further modified the treatment approach to that of lumbar spondylosis together with some
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nerve tonics and to be continued for a month time however I never saw him thereafter
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patients are like that they disappear either if completely healed or not benefited
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but I met him in a mall after an year who was walking with the family
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doing some shopping he came towards me and we spoke for a while he had actually you know dropped
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the medicines in between as his symptoms went away I felt he didn't give much value to my advice of
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taking care of his lumbar spondylosis I wished him happiness and health and he thanked Ayurveda
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