IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House 10.7897/2277-4343.1305124 A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF PUNARNAVADI PINDA SVEDA IN KATIGRAHA Rashmi Nanda * Vikram Kumar Praveen BS 11 -0001 63 66 Introduction: Low back ache is a common orthopaedic condition and has a ubiquitous distribution. It is said to affect about 60-80% of the population at least once in a lifetime. Low back pain of mechanical origin is usually confined to the lumbosacral region, buttock or thigh and does not radiate beyond the knee. Katigraha is vatajananatmaja vyadhi having pain and stiffness as prominent features. Due to its resemblance in clinical characteristics, Katigraha may be paralleled to non-specific or mechanical low back aches. Materials and methods: Forty patients between 20-70 years of either sex, satisfying inclusion and exclusion criteria, were randomly selected from OPD and IPD of the department of Panchakarma Alva__ampersandsignrsquo;s Ayurveda Medical College.20 Patients each were randomly allocated into two groups, Group KP and Group PP, and were treated with kolakulathadi pinda sveda and punarnavadi pinda sveda, respectively. Result: Both punarnavadi pinda sveda and kolakulathadi pinda sveda has shown highly significant result on the Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), stiffness, pain intensity, and pain affecting the activity of daily living such as personal care, lifting weight, walking, sitting, standing, and travelling, changing the degree of pain, forward bending, RLF and LLF (P__ampersandsignlt;0.001). A statistically significant result (P__ampersandsignlt;0.05) was noted in both groups__ampersandsign#39; tenderness and rotation. In comparing the group, significant changes were noted in NPRS, pain intensity, pain affecting the ability to lift the weight, standing social life, changing the degree of pain, backward bending, and left lateral flexion. Conclusion: There is a significant effect of punarnavadi pinda sveda over kolakulathadi pinda sveda in katigraha. Katigraha Low Back Ache Punarnavadi Pinda Sveda Kolakulathadi Pinda Sveda.