Abstract

AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS AND ITS MANAGEMENT - A REVIEW

Hari Khanal*, Kiran Krishniya and Ram Kishor Joshi

Abstract

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic disease featuring recurrent inflammation of the colonic mucosa. It is a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).The rectum mucosa is always affected with inflammation spreading from the distal to the proximal colonic segments. The major symptoms of UC are diarrhoea, rectal bleeding, tenesmus, passage of mucus and crampy abdominal pain. In Ayurveda Raktatisara shows symptoms having resemblance with Ulcerative colitis. Consumption of hot, spicy and fried food along with stress, anxiety etc leads to Raktatisara. Management is focused in healing the ulcers and restoring the normal function of colon. In this paper correlation of UC with Ayurveda concepts and its management according to Ayurveda principles was explained.

Keywords: Ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Atisara, Raktatisar, Pittatisar, Raktaj Prabahika.