Efficacy of Uttar Basti in Urethral Stricture – A Review

Introduction: Narrowing of lumen of urethra is known as urethral stricture.70% of uretral stricture is inscidious at bulb. Trauma,infections like( TB,Gonorrhoea), TURP are the main causes of urethral stricture. Symptoms include varying amt of urethral dischargeae morning dew drop”,difficulty in micturation,dribbling of urine, increased frequency,incomplete voiding of urine etc. According to modern literature, urethroplasty and dilatation of urethra are the treatment procedures followed for urethral stricture. In Ayurveda urethral stricture can be correlated with mutra marga samkocha. According to Sushruta Samhita uttarbasti is one of the effective procedure for mutra marga samkocha. Material and methods: This paper provides a collective information regarding Mutra Marga Samkocha( Urethral Stricture), from Nighantu, Samhita and Modern Medicine.Uttarbasti is performed by the use of oils like Bala taila,Tila taila,Apamarga kshar taila etc. Result and Discussion: Most of the concerned informations are retrieved from published international journals and classical text of Ayurveda. As per published research papers uttarbasti is highly effective in case of urethral stricture. Conclusion: