Clinical evaluation of the effect of Ayurvedic oil enema therapy in the management of Cervical Radiculopathy

Shweta Dadarao Parwe1, Vaishali Vasantrao Kuchewar2, Milind Abhimanyu Nisargandha*3, Dhiraj Singh Rajput4 1Department of Panchakarma, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital & Research Centre (Wardha), Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India 2Department of Kayachikithsa Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital and Research Centre, India 3Department of Physiology, Ashwini Rural Medical College, Hospital & research centre, India 4Department of Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital and Research Centre, India


INTRODUCTION
Cervical Radiculopathy (CR) is a neurological disorder in which cervical spinal nerve dysfunction, wherein nerve roots begin to impair from brachial plexuses. It mainly presents pain in the neck and arm, along with the motor and sensory impairment or it affects nerve roots (Bogduk, 2003). Electrophysiological tests can detect clinical problems in many patients, and each modality has inherent strengths and weaknesses (Wainner and Gill, 2000). The nerve root ibre gets in lamed from the brachial plexus' upper, middle, and lower trunks, and the inner and outer cords run through the forearm, though the carpel tunnel's underside, and expanded sensory nerves to the affected side. Median nerve impairment causes many dif iculties in daily living activities because people use their hands frequently, and deterioration of the senses increases the risk of serious harm.
Nervous system damage, which can be in licted by many causes, may obstruct nerve conduction, which is a unique function of the nervous system, possibly leading to sensory disturbance or motor disturbance (Ha et al., 2012). Most of the other cause of median nerve injury are trauma, A-V istula, Humeral fracture, crutch-induced nerve injury in the axilla (Chouhan, 2012). An analysis of NCV is a method that is helpful for to determine the functional nerve capability of the human body's motor and sensory nerves to conduct electrical impulse. NCV is a commonly used measure of how rapidly electrical impulses travel along a nerve during the test. Out of which, most important nerves in the upper arms is the median nerve. They are both responsible for the movement, and the hand feel. The capture of this nerve, for fairly obvious reasons in carpal tunnel syndrome, will cause a decrease in these modalities (Kumar and Prasad, 2016). The measurement of motor and sensory conduction velocities is becoming a more visible tool and is considered an essential technique for assessing peripheral nerve condition.
NCV studies are primarily for the assessment of arm and leg parenthesis. "In this type of study required dependence on the part by the symptoms presented. A physical exam and complete history of the present and the past also help detect the investigation. It helps the clinician differentiate between peripheral and axonal degeneration" Say and Pattanaik (2016).
The most common NCS tests are performed in the median nerve study, which usually is helpful in research and clinical practice. Such type of parameter wasn't introduced in Ayurvedic context. So, for con irmation of neuropathy, we used this type of setting and study was conducted to see the effect of nourishment of nerve through Ayurvedic Medicated oil as a treatment.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
The study was conducted in the Panchakarma department, MGACH & RC, Salod (H), Wardha. In this study, 40 subjects were included. These particular patients were diagnosed with cervical radiculopathy based on their clinical examination and physical history. After these patients were sent for nerve conduction investigation in Electrophysiology Lab, Acharaya Vinobha Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, this test was carried out in all the subjects using a computerised RMS Polyrite (16 channel RMS Polygraph AD).

Matra Basti
Matra Basti, is a type of Sneha Basti (oil enema) also known as Anuvasanbasti in Ayurveda. Moreover, Basti is best to pacify Vata and even for Asthi Gata diseases (Diseases related to bone). Asthi (bone) being the site of Vata and in luences the Purishadhara (asthidhara) Kala, i.e. Pakwashaya (Rectum) and Asthi Vaha Srotas (locomotors system), the vitiated Vata gets subsided when the asthi is treated with Basti, as the primary site of Vata, the Basti acts better with its Sneha and Shamaka (paci ication) properties.

Medicine
Here, it is noteworthy that the MASAM oil is the partial composition of Maha Kukkutamamsaras tailam prescribed for Vishwachi (Cervical Radiculopathy) as Basti. The present structure of MASAM oil is with their rational along with Masha substitute of Mamsa in.

Manjishta
(Rubiacordifolia) also provide neuroprotective effects due to VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) induction promotes the development of new cerebral vessels (Krum et al., 2002).

Ashwagandha
(Withania somnifera) (withanolide) thus proves to be a paramount contestant for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders because it can reassemble neural chains (Maity, 2019).

Sahachar
(Barleriaprionitis) Several reports established the usage of Barleria prionitis in the treatment of in lammations. " B. prionitis whole plant reported to have signi icant anti-in lammatory activity may be due to the presence of iridoid glucosides, shanzhiside methyl ester, acetyl barlerin and barlein" (Banerjee et al., 2012). This plant is regularly used for neurological disorders in South India (Khare, 2004).

Preparation of Medicated oil
We collected all raw herbs from the authentic pharmacy and made oil at our Dattatray Rasashala with classical methods. When oil prepared, it analysed in an analytical lab and then used for enema.

Nerve conduction Test
Nerve conduction study, the account cathode was put near the motor purpose of abductor pollicis brevis and referenced anode 3 centimetres distal from the outset metacarpophalangeal joint. The ground cathode is placed between the accounting terminal and the animating anode. A supramaximal incitement is given at 3 centimetres proximal to the distal wrist wrinkle and the elbow. The distal idleness, nerve conduction speed of various portions and compound muscle activity possibilities are estimated.

OBSERVATION AND RESULT
In this study, we analysed data on an intervention basis of Ayurvedic Medicated oil enema (Matrabasti) among the patients suffering from cervical radiculopathy, and the observation is as follows. Statistical analysis of all parameters showed that there is a signi icant difference in motor nerve conduction study latency, amplitude and conductional velocity which was highly signi icant in the cervical radiculopathy patients after the treatment and signi icance level in parameter was near to 0.05. Table 1.
Graph 1: It shows Anthropometric parameters (age, Gender, weight, height and body Mass index) Anthropometric parameters were measured in the study before the patient are recruited in the study, which was depicted in Graph 1 were age, gender, weight height and body mass index mention.
Graph 2: It shows patients involved neuropathy and their occupation.
Graph 3: It shows the pain scale in the patients of cervical radiculopathy before and after the intervention Graph 4: It shows Latency, Amplitude and conduction velocity in the patients of cervical radiculopathy before and after the medicated enema Result obtained in the professional occupation of studied sample size indicates that the cervical disease radiculopathy is more common in housewife (21) followed by service occupation (12). Prevalence of this disease is low in a business occupation which may be due to the location of the study area, and thus this prevalence can be considered as Vidarbha region Graph 2.
The observation depicted in Graph 3 indicated that there is a signi icant improvement in pain scale in neuropathy as the average has been reduced from 7.55 to 1.12, which was 85.16% improvement in reducing pain.
In this study result, Graph 4 shows that Latency was 6.46 ms in the patients of cervical radiculopathy before the treatment after the ayurvedic management it was 6.75 ms, which was statistically significant. Another parameter of the of MNCV amplitude was 3.95 ms in the patient of cervical radiculopathy after the medicated enema it was improved in the patients 6.97 ms. The mean value of the conducting velocity was 47.07ms in the patients of cervical radiculopathy before the medicated enema, after medicated enema it was 60.41ms which was signi icantly improved.

DISCUSSION
Research conducted on cervical radiculopathy has established that the prevalence of this condition is almost 3.5 (Salemi et al., 1996). Other researches on cervical radiculopathy indicate that it is more common in the sport-related profession or a profession involving more movement of shoulder and neck (DeFranco and Schickendantz, 2008;Maroon et al., 2013). In present work, sportspersons were not available for study however the maximum occurrence of the disease is found in housewife and Indian housewife has to perform massive tasks at home which involve much stress on shoulder and neck. It may be the reason that most cases are of housewife occupation. Considering the increasing use of technologies in all professions, it is clear that most service members have to spend much more time working with mobile and computer. The outcomes show that cervical circle degeneration might be related to excessive cell phone use; such use may prompt cervical spondylosis (Zhuang et al., 2020).
This might be another case of cervical radiculopathy in which their work of nature is related to service but reaching that working place they are using transport of two-wheeler and drive. This type of working pattern may also in luence cervical radiculopathy. In our study, the pain scale was in the cervical radiculopathy. Initially, it was high after the enema of medicated oil it was sharply reduced. Based on the results of this study, the Hindi version of the Neck pain and disability scale (NPAD) is a stable and legitimate instrument for the appraisal of torment in cervical radiculopathy patients (Agarwal et al., 2006).
At the same time, cervical footing and a neural slider assembly of the average nerve were applied to decrease torment and handicap estimated at a pattern and 2 and a month utilising the Numeric Pain Rating Scale, improvements were noted in all outcome measures over four weeks Savva and Giakas (2013).
Motor nerve conduction velocity in the patients of cervical radiculopathy shows reduced Latency, amplitude as well as conduction velocity, after the medicated oil enema these values signi icantly increased our study.
It is intended for physicians who conduct electrodiagnostic procedures as an extension of their clinical review. It would be of bene it to neurologists, and naturopathic doctors interested in neuromuscular disorders and non-invasive electrodiagnostic methods, like nerve conduction velocity improvement in parameters through the medicated oil enema may use another line of treatment in cervical radiculopathy.
The improvement of explicit symptomatic models and proper consideration for the administration of patients with cervical radiculopathy need Ayurvedic medicated oil enema. These Ayurvedic the board of cervical radiculopathy will, in general, be commonly good.

CONCLUSION
These above mentioned Ayurvedic management of the drugs (medicated oil) are given through the rectal route (oil enema) which is one of Pancharakma procedure, helped treat in the cervical radiculopathy. The patients satis ied with improvement, they can do routing work, and their pain was reduced through this treatment.