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ArticleJournal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine

Siddha Varmam and Thokkanam therapy in the treatment of adhesive capsulitis-A case report.

R Meena, S Natarajan, C Anbarasi, P Sathiyarajeswaran

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Article in Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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R MeenaVarmam Thokkanam and Traditional Bone Setting Division, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. Electronic address: meenaprakashphd@gmail.com.
S NatarajanVarmam Thokkanam and Traditional Bone Setting Division, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
C AnbarasiVarmam Thokkanam and Traditional Bone Setting Division, Siddha Central Research Institute, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
P SathiyarajeswaranSiddha Central Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Siddha, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 60 year married female from Chennai presented with pain and restricted abduction, adduction, external rotation and flexion of right shoulder both in active and passive movements for 2 months. She was diagnosed to be affected by adhesive capsulitis which is equated to Kumbavatham, one of the vatha diseases mentioned in Siddha system of medicine. She was treated with Siddha Varmam therapy and thokkanam with Vathakesari thylam. After 15 days of hospital stay the patient was discharged and was followed for 6 months. There were no adverse reactions/events observed during the course of treatment. The combination therapy has provided the reduction in pain and restricted movements which was measured using goniometer and SPADI index.

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Adhesive capsulitisKumbavathamSiddhaSPADI indexThokkanamVarmam

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PMCPMC8185989

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