POST OPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN ANORECTAL SURGERIES THROUGH PANCHAKARMA- A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW

Basavaraj G. Saraganachari and *Prathibha M.

ABSTRACT

Panchakarma is the super speciality branch of the ayurveda, sometimes even ayurveda is depicted with Panchakarma. These therapies are used to treat wide range of diseases. There are numbers of diseases manifested in the Ano-Rectal region. But generally common people do not have any knowledge of diseases other than piles. The most of the Ano- Rectal diseases are presents complaints like Bleeding per Rectum, Pain during defecation, Discharge, Itching etc. But on the basis of signs and symptoms, clinical examination differentiated all Ano-Rectal diseases. Ayurveda gives promising results in treatment of Ano rectal disorders like, haemorrhoids, fissure in ano, fistula, etc through surgery, Kshara surtra, Ksharapratisara, agnikarma etc. These surgical and para surgical procedure intervention leads to severe post operative pain sometimes which is intolerable. Main cause for pain is due to vitiated vata. Here an attempt has been made to study the effect of panchakarma in vitiated vata in patients of anorectal surgeries by means of framing an ayurvedic protocol for post operative pain main management.

Keywords: Panchakarma, Fisiure-in-ano, Kshara sutra, Defecation.