European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ROLE OF PANCHATIKATA KSHEER BASTI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF HEAD OF FEMUR: A CONCEPTUAL STUDY

*Priya Kutiyal, Sanjay Gupta, Parul Sharma, Priyanka Sharma and Vandana

ABSTRACT

A vascular necrosis is also called osteonecrosis or bone infarction, aseptic necrosis, and ischemic bone necrosis, is cellular death bone due to interruption of blood supply. Lack of blood supply may be due to damage or obstruction in vascular pathway. AVN may be traumatic, non traumatic and may be due to chronic use of steroid. AVN also may be associated with some metabolic disorder, SLE, sickle cell anemia and alcohol intake. AVN is also known as Osteonecrosis / Osteochondritis Dissecans /Candler’s disease.AVN first described by Munro in 1738. AVN mostly involves end (epiphysis) of long bone such as end of femur and humor bone but it may involve small bones also. Some allopathic medicines are NSAIDS (Ibuprofen, Diclofenec salt), Osteoporosis drug, cholesterol lowering agent, anticoagulant, vasoactive substance, blood thinner and phosphate. In Ayurveda panchatiktaksheerbasti is the main treatment for AVN or asthimajjagatavata.

Keywords: Avascular necrosis, Panchatikta ksheer basti.