Cervical spondylosis is a common degenerative condition of the cervical spine. It is a condition involving changes to the bones, discs and joints of the neck. These changes are caused by the normal wear-and-tear of ageing. It is one of the common causes of neck pain. With age, the discs of the cervical spine gradually break down, lose fluid, and become stiffer. Cervical spondylosis usually occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. The disease is usually progressive in nature and first intervention is to educate the patient about the natural course of the disease. In conventional medicine, analgesics, anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants are used depending on the intensity of the pain.                                                                                                 

In Ayurveda, Cervical spondylosis can be compared to Greevasthambham. It is a vataja nanatmaja vikara mentioned by Acharya Charaka. Karpasasthyadi Pinda sweda is mentioned in Bhaishajya Ratnavali, sula rogadhikara for the management of pain over siras, skanda and kati. The drugs mentioned in this yoga have vatakaphahara action. Sweda is a procedure alleviating both vata and kapha doshas. It is mentioned in classics that, when there is vitiation of sthanika and aganthu dosha, we have to do the management of Sthanika dosha first when it is stronger than Aganthu dosha. In Greevasthambham, sthanika dosha is kapha and aganthu dosha is vata. So rooksha sweda may be beneficial at the initial stage when there is dominance of kapha dosha. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of karpsasthyadi pinda sweda in cervical spondylosis by administering it in two different methods i.e., dipping the pottali in heated dhanyamlam and steaming the pottali in dhanyamlam. The study is comparative with pre and post-test. Consequtive cases irrespective of gender, aged 25 to 65 years, attending the IP Department of Govt. Ayurveda College Hospital, Tripunithura satisfying the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria till the attainment of sample size. Assessment should be done on 0^th day and 8^th day based on the criteria. Results will be statistically analysed.