ROLE OF UTTARBASTI IN URETHRAL STRICTURE – A CASE STUDY

Mutra marga sankocha is found to be common disease now these days. Urethral stricture is rare disease mainly found in male. The male urethra extends from the external urethral meatus at the tip of the glans penis to the bladder neck proximally , the inside of the urethra is lined with stratified squamus epithelium. Sushruta has explained disease of mutravaha srotas in uttartantra. Mutramarga sankocha can be correlated with stricture of urethra,abnormal narrowing of the urethral lumen mainly due to formation of fibrous tissue damage to the urethral mucosa causing difficulty for the passage of urine is called as urethral stricture.