Abstract

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ON AMAVATA, SANDHIVATA, VATARAKTA W.S.R. TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, OSTEOARTHRITIS AND GOUTY ARTHRITIS PARTICULARLY

Dr. Pravinkumar Kharadi*, Dr. Seema Dhabaliya, Dr. Devkinandan Wagh, Dr. Jasmin Gohel

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Abstract

According to ayurveda concept, the inequality of basic constituents causes different diseases. The balance of different fundamental elements in the body (sharira) is the sign of good health. Ayurvedic remedies are found very effective and useful to sustain the equilibrium. Amavata, sandhivata, vatarakta, etc are few vata associated diseases. The nidana and lakshana of the diseases are entirely different however all the diseases affect the joints in the body. Whenever the function of agni is disturbed in the body, ama is produced. Such produced ama gets together with dushit vata / prakopit vata and circulates and gets stuck in kaphasthana i.e. sandhi and amavata is developed. Elderly age, unhealthy diet like junk food and hectic journey by vehicle etc. overall aggravates disease like Sandhivata. The “dhatukshaya” leads to aggravate vata and the aggravated vata gets accumulate in the joints (Sandhi) resulting in sandhivata. Similarly, the disease of joints which involves rakta, asthi, and dhatus are considered as vata-rakta roga. The nidana, symptom, samprapti ghatak and differential diagnosis of the vyadhis are deliberated in detail along with their correlation to modern allopath system.

Keywords: Joint disease, Arthritis, Vata vyadhi, Differential diagnosis, Sandhigata roga.