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ROLE OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES IN THE CASES OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ON THE BASIS OF TOTALITY OF SYMPTOMS AND ITS MIASMATIC APPROACH

Dr. Amita Goyanar*

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Abstract

Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis is the most common autoimmune chronic inflammatory disease. It is ranked as the 42nd highest contributor to global disability, with severe consequences. Aim & Objective: 1. To assess the Role of Homoeopathic medicines in cases of Rheumatoid arthritis with DAS 28 as response criteria for effectiveness assessment. 2. To assess the Predominant Miasm in cases of Rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: Simple randomized open-label interventional Study was done in which 50 cases of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Results: Out of 50 cases of RA, 26 (42%) cases showed good Improvement, 18 (36%) cases showed moderate improvement, and 9 (18%) cases showed poor improvement with Homoeopathic medicines, according to DAS 28 Scale. In this study psora was predominant Miasm in most of the cases. A paired-samples t-test was conducted to compare the score of DAS 28 in the case of Rheumatoid Arthritis before and after treatment. The results suggest that the response to homoeopathic medicines in the cases of Rheumatoid Arthritis is statistically highly significant; (t=14.999, p =0.00). tcalc value (14.999) is higher than ttab value (2.00). Conclusions: The study reveals that individualised homoeopathic medicines prescribed in cases of RA on the basis of the totality of the symptoms are effective.

Keywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Totality of Symptoms, Homoeopathic Medicine.