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A study to know the effect of raktamokshana (blood letting) with shrunga yantra (cupping) in managing pain in vishwachi or cervical spondylosis

A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF RAKTAMOKSHANA WITH MODIFIED SHRUNGA YANTRA ( CUPPING ) IN MANAGEMENT OF VISHWACHI W.S.R TO CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/092084
Enrollment
30
Registered
2025-07-31
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: -

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Dr Rahul Aari
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients with features of vishwachi like radiating pain from prishta(back), skandha(shoulder), bahu(arm), karpura(elbow), extending up to hasta talam(palm) and pratyanguli( fingers) stambha(stiffness), toda(pricking pain) of neck, tingling, numbness and difficulty in movements of hands or patients with positive spurlings test or patients with positive neck flexion and extention compression test or patients with positive neck distraction test or patients with positive lhermittes sign

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients contraindicated for raktamokshana, patients with history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus( HBA1c level of greater than 7% to greater than 8%) and hypertension( systolic bp greater than or equal to 140mmhg and diastolic bp greater than or equal to 90mmhg) patients with spinal fractures, having associated conditions like ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis. Patients with spinal tuberculosis, neoplasms in and around the spine or cervical region, patients with rheumatoid arthritis and patients with clinical presentation other than cervical spondylosis

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
pain reduction and other symptoms of vishwachi ( cervical spondylosis)Timepoint: first day post procedure

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
reduction in pain and other symptoms of vishwachi (cervical spondylosis)Timepoint: seventh day and fourteenth day post procedure

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Rahul Aari

Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda Hospital & Research Centre

drrajneeshgiri@gmail.com9845407543

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026