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Kukkutanda swedan is a type of pinda swedan, this type of swedan comes under shankara sweda mentioned by Acharya Charaka. It is shingdha in nature and is used mainly in condition of muscles wasting, atrophy (shosha), shula (pain), sthambha (stiffness), and type of vata vyadhi. Osteoarthritis of knee is one of the major musculoskeleton abnormality found now a days. In Ayurveda osteoarthritis is correlated with sandhigata vata which is chronic, degenerative disorder characterized by gradual loss of articular cartilage. Shula Pradhan vedana is the cardinal features of this disease associated with vata purna druti sparsha, lack of movements of joints or painful movement of the joints. It is type of Vatavyadhi, which mainly occurs due to Dhatu shaithailya and Dhatukhaya. Kukkutanda swedan is explained in Bhavprakash madhyam khanda vatavyadhi chikitsa, it has mainly triple action of Snehana ,Swedana and Brimhana . The Snigdha Pinda swedana is usually done in different type vatavydhi like Ardita, Janusandhigata vata, Hanugrah,, atrophy, avabahuka, Greevasthama ,muscular disorders around the vertebral region and traumatic disorders . The present study aims to review the procedure of kukkutanda swedan through of various Ayurvedic and modern literatures, published research papers and text books.