AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON JANUMARMABHIGHATA WITH SPECIAL REFERANCE TO KHANJATA

Abstract

Marma is the vital point of the body which is comprise of union of mamsa, sira, snayu, asthi, sandhi and prana. Any injury to vital part i.e. marma will leads to death or death like symptoms. Janu marma is one of the sandhi and vaikalyakara marma which is located in the lower limb at the knee joint. Injury to this marma will leads to khanjata i.e. limping of lower limb. Though detailed description is found in Samhita regarding janumarma, the exact location of janu marma is very hard to traced. Janumarma is comprise of many structures, it is hard to identify the structure which produce khnajata when janumarma get injured. Even the advancement in the medical science have still some lacuna while treating the knee joint injury or even after the operative procedure performed to treat knee injury the person may suffer with some limping. So, exact location of janumarma needed to identify with which we can prevent the consequence such as limping that occur even after the surgical procedure. Aims • To study Janumarmabhighata w.s.r. to Khanjata. Objectives: • Literary study of Janu Sandhi (knee joint), Janu Marma as per Ayurvedic and modern text. • Determination of anatomical location and structures present at the site of Janusandhi by Cadaveric study. • Clinical study of Janumarmabhighat Lakshana by observing the victims of knee injury Results: • Detail study of Janumarmabhighata with special reference Kahnjata was done. Discussion/ Conclusion: • From the discussion and clinical observation, it is concluded that the effect of Janumarmaabhighata is relevant in correlation with Khanjata.