Sciatica is basically a symptom. It consists of low back pain which can further move towards the buttocks and down to one leg which feels like a big bad cramp on the leg or can be excruciatingly painful, which could be like a sharp shooting pain, that can make sitting or standing nearly impossible to a human being.

The person can feel the weakness, numbness or tingling or burning like pins and needles sensation in the legs that can further move towards the toes.

Other common symptoms may also include difficulty in bending the knees or moving the toe or foot.

The sciatic nerves are the longest nerves in the body which is about the size of a little finger.

It comes out of the low spine column of the back and then goes behind the hip joint and down to the back of the leg and foot. The sciatic pain is like a shooting pain that feels like an electric current passing down the legs.

The causes of sciatica are as follows.

• A herniated disc ( which is also called as ‘slipped disc’).

• Spondylolisthesis: it is a condition in which a backbone has slipped forward or backward on another backbone, which results on the pressure on the sciatic nerve, making a pinching sensation in the back when sitting or moving.

Ayurveda oils help in the treatment of sciatica.

Ayurveda oils enhance your wellbeing by unleashing your body’s innate self healing qualities and rejuvenating your mind, body and soul. These oils are responsible for curing all your body problems like back and leg pain, stiffness, weakness, stress and many more.

Podikhizi: Sciatica can be cured by Ayurveda methods also, like podikhizi, which is one of the types of panchkarma techniques.

Podikhizi is a form of alternative therapy that is used for the treatment of the arthritic conditions, cervical spondylosis and sciatic pains in the body. It is a massage which is done with herbal powders.

It is done with the 12 powdered herbal plants such as sandalwood, dry ginger etc. all these powders are fried together with a rock salt along with coconut and lemon juice.

The mixture is then tied in a muslin cloth and then again heated in warm fire.

Then the satchels, in which the mixture is present, are dipped in oil and then massaged all over the body to get rid of body pains.

It is quite and effective and a curable natural technique.