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In the present era Manyastambha is the common disease due to stress, nature of work and unpleasant components of current lifestyle. Manyastambh term derived from words as "Manya" means nape of neck and "Stambh" means stiffness, rigidity[1]. In this Kaphavruta Vata takes shelter in the Sira and Snayu of Manyapradesh. It is characterized by Guruta, Stambha in Manyapradesha, Ruk, Chestastambh[2]. The clinical Presentation of Manyastambh resembles the Cervical Spondylosis. It is a type of Vatavyadhi. It can be occur as Nanatmaja Vikara[3][4] as well as Kaphavruta Vata[5][6]. In Allopathy use of Steroids, Analgesis and Antiinflammatory Drugs does not yield long term relief and cannot satisfy the objective of an ideal therapy. The treatment procedure described in Ayurveda focuses not only on drugs but also lifestyle modification thus, having a holistic approach in its management so the present study deals with systemic review of Manyastambh and aim of this work is to review and highlight the effectiveness of different Ayurvedic interventions in patients with Manyastambha.