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A 60-year-old female patient was suffering from right shoulder pain with restricted movements for 10 months. She is a known case of Hypertension and is under medication. She underwent conservative treatments like corticosteroids injection 3 sittings in an orthopaedic hospital. The symptoms persisted. So, she approached Dr Dudhmal, who made the biomedical diagnosis of a Frozen shoulder based on the clinical examination and presentation. The Ayurvedic diagnosis was Apabahuka. The line of treatment followed was Agnikarma, to address the snayugata and sandhi gata vata. VAS was used as the criteria for pre- and post-treatment assessment. After 3 sittings of Agni karma, she got relief from her symptoms. The VAS scale recorded 8 before treatment reduced to 1 indicating a significant reduction in pain. Range of movement also improved after treatment with reduced stiffness. The patient is in remission.