The seeds are quite useful in treating a number of other disorders like arthritis, low backache, sciatica and muscular pains. Recent clinical trials confirming that methi seeds possess good anti-diabetic properties and have inspired many pharmaceutical companies to come up with many new herbo-mineral combinations which contain methi is suitable forms.

In Ayurveda Sciatica is known as Gridhrasi as gait of the affected person resembles that of an Eagle's walk & the inflamed nerve appears like Eagle's beak, hence the term Gridhrasi is used for it. Sciatica is a pain resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve. Sciatica pain is typically felt from the low back to behind the thigh and radiating down below the knee. The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body and begins from nerve roots in the lumbar spinal cord in the low back and extends through the buttock area to send nerve endings down the lower limb.
 

Ayurvedic Management of Sciatica

Diet: Pulses, beans, and fried foods should be prohibited. Curds and other sour substances should be avoided. Saffron, in small quantities, should be mixed with milk and given to the patient to drink.
Life Style: Gentle exercise of the leg is advised. Exposure to damp and cold should be avoided. Swimming in warm water is a good exercise for legs.
Yoga: Halasana -Improves circulation of blood and lymph, stimulates the immune system and releases stress and tension in the lower back including the spine, Shalabhasana-Strongly strengthens the core body and the low back muscles. It also stimulates the endocrine, nervous and reproductive systems. Bhujangasana- Develops the strength & flexibility in the spine and rejuvenates spinal nerves. All these yoga postures should be undertaken under the supervision of yoga expert.
Ayurvedic formulations: Herbs like Raasna, Aswagandha, Dasamoola, Satavari & Kuth. Yograj guggulu, Rasana Saptak Kwath, Vishgarbh Tail & Mahanarayan Tail gives good results if given in correct dose.
Panchakarma therapies: Abhyang (massage with specific herbal oils) Nadi Swedan (medicated steam bath), Elakizhi (herbal leaf bundle massage), Pizhichil (medicated oil bath), Kati vasthi(a treatment done on to the back to decrease spinal compression), Vasti (medicated enema) Virechan (purgation) therapies of panchkarma are tremendously useful for treating the underlying cause of the sciatica without any side effects.

Ayurveda and Panchakarma was conceived in the foothills of Himalaya i.e. Panchnad Pradesh (Punjab). Keralite practitioners modified some therapies of panchakarma. So with the passage of time, it became popular as Keralite Panchakarma. The therapies of Keralite Panchakarma are very beneficial in Anxiety, Stress, Migraine, Backache, Sciatica, Paralysis, Joint pains, Asthma, Sinusitis, Diabetes, Hypertension, Rejuvenation, Cervical spondylosis & Neurological disorders.
 

A help for healthy lifestyle: In the present most competitive and fast life style, society is facing tremendous physical and mental stress which is leading to various lifestyle and autoimmune disorders. Therapies of Keralite panchakarma immensely help into mental and physical relaxation and assist the immune system for its auto-correction.
Enterprising north Indians because of fast pace of their life style invites a lot of stress and diseases, to en-cash this many commercial panchakarma centers are mushroomed and doing unethical and non classical practice of panchakarma therapies.
 

Premier Institute of Ayurveda, Dayanand Ayurvedic College & Hospital at Jalandhar is only centre which never compromised with ethics and quality.

At our panchakarma centre, therapies of each individual are selected by highly qualified & experienced panchakarma clinicians according to constitution and requirements of the person. Readymade packages of therapies on demand and choice of patients are not sold at our center. Now the same modified therapies of Keralite Panchakarma, we are offering in northern India.

Sciatica known as Gridhrasi in Ayurveda, is a condition characterized by pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which runs from lower back through hips and buttocks and down each leg.