ROLE OF LEECH THERAPY IN MANAGING VARIOUS TYPES OF TENOSYNOVITIS

Authors

  • Vishal Tiwari Govt. Ayurved PG College & Hospital, Varanasi 221002 Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
  • Dr. Suman Yadav

Abstract

Tenosynovitis is the inflammation of the fluid filled sheath that surrounds the tendon. Typically presents with joint pain, swelling, stiffness and restricted movement of involved joint. Acharya Susruta mentioned inflammation as Sotha and dedicated a full chapter on Sotha named as Amapak waishniumadhyay in Sutrasthan.. Acharya Susruta described treatment of sotha via bloodletting by various methods like Siravedha, Prachhan, Alabu, Shrung and Jalauka application etc. Since a very long time Leech therapy is used in curing various types of local and systemic diseases. But most commonly used for local pathology rather than the systemic one. There are many different modalities available for the treatment of Tenosynovitislike anti-inflammatory, steroids, splint age and surgical intervention but with limited success. Recent studies shows that rather than the blood loss, there are many medicinal substances in the saliva of leech which acts as anti-inflammatory, anti-coagulant, anti-histaminic, increase the flow of blood at the site of bite etc. Since it is a local inflammatory disease so here we are spreading lights on how leech therapy will help in treating Tenosynovitis.

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Published

2020-07-14