Abstract

COMPARATIVE STUDY TO EVALUATE ROLE OF BODHI VRIKSHA KASHAYA AND GUDUCHI KASHAYA IN VATARAKTA ~ HYPERURICEMIA

Vaibhavi Bhavar*, Jyoti Kumari and Atal Bihari Trivedi

Abstract

Vatarakta is more upsetting and painful disease commonly found in present period. It is “Vatapradhana Tridoshaja Vatavyadhi” in which the main Dushya is Rakta. Among Tridosha, Vata is a predominant in Vatarakta. Vatarakta is interrelated with gout in modern science due to similarities of symptoms between them. Gout is an atypical purine metabolic disorder which causes hyperuricemia and deposition of monosodium urate crystals in joints. Intense Pain is a principal indication of gout, which interrupts day to day life of the affected patients. The Shamana Chikitsa is not only an imperative section of Ayurvedic treatment but it also systems the ultimate foundation of Ayurveda treatment. Trial was carried out on 60 patients of either sex in between 30 to 70 of age at P.G. department of Kayachikitsa, Chaudhari Brahma Prakash Ayurveda Charak Sansthana. The duration of clinical trial was 30 days. Clinical evaluation was done by subjective criteria and objective criteria.

Keywords: Vatarakta, Guduchi, Vata Dosha, Dushya.