Abstract

AMAVATA OR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (AN AYURVEDIC REVIEW)

Garima Yadav*, Pramod Kumar Mishra and Indu Sharma

Abstract

The disease Amavata may be correlated with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in modern medicine, nowadays it‟s an ordinary problem because of changed lifestyle, food habits, and lack of physical activities. It‟s a chronic deterioration disease of the connective tissue mainly involving the joints. It‟s the common most crippling and disabling disorder within the world. It‟s a disease of Rasavaha srotasa, because of hetu sevana when Ama combines with increased Vata, the pathogenesis of Amavata occurs. Ama (indigested food) and Vata (one of the three Dosha) both are equally important for the establishment of the disease, predominantly produces Sandhishoola (joint pain), Sandhishotha (joint swelling), Gaurava (heaviness), Jwara (fever). The disease of Amavata due to Agnimandya Amoutpatti, and Sandhivikriti occur. Due to shortage of awareness in society about the disease and its complications people suffer from the lifelong joint deformity. In the Present scenario with the globalization of Ayurveda, everybody is looking with hope towards us to beat this challenge. There are various herbals or Rasa preparations mentioned in our classics texts which are effective remedies in Amavata. Amavata is one amongst the challenging diseases for physicians because of its chronicity, incurability. So, this study deals with a systemic review of Amavata from all classics text of Ayurveda and its management.

Keywords: Ama, Mandagni, Rugvinishchay, Tridosha, Rasavaha srotas, Rheumatoid arthritis, Sandhivikriti.