Ayurvedic Treatment for Lumbar Disc Herniation With Radiculopathy: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Aswani P S   ^{1, 2} , BAMS, MD ;   Amit Kumar Rai   ³ , BAMS, MD ;   Bhagwan Sahai Sharma   ⁴ , BAMS, MD ;   Azeem Ahmad   ⁴ , BAMS, MD ;   Pratap Shankar Kizhakke Meladam   ¹ , BAMS, MS ;   Rohit K S   ¹ , BAMS, MD ;   Lisha S Raj   ² , MBBS, MD ;   Rakesh Rana   ⁴ , PhD Biostatistics ;   Bhogavalli Chandra Sekhara Rao   ⁴ , BAMS, MD ;   Narayanam Srikanth   ⁴ , BAMS, MD, PhD, Post Doctorial Fellow ;   Rabinarayan Acharya   ⁴ , BAMS, MD, PhD, DSc

¹ National Ayurveda Research Institute for Panchakarma, under Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Thrissur, Kerala, India

² CCRAS-Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

³ A & U Tibbia College and Hospital, New Delhi, India

⁴ Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Science, Janakpuri, Delhi, India