Abstract

A CASE STUDY ON AMAVATA (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS)

Akanksha Gwale*, Rajesh Jain and Sanjay Srivastava

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Abstract

Madhavakara gives a detailed description of Amavata in the Madhavanidana. It is a disease of Madhyam roga marga as it affects Sandhi. In Amavata, the direct interaction between Ama and Vata dosha. Additionally, it obstructs the Rasvaha and Asthivahastrotas, results in joint inflammation, deformity, and immobility in the fingers, feet, ankles and knee, along with generalized stiffness throughout the body. In modern, the sign and symptoms are similar with Rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, progressive autoimmune arthropathy and characterized by bilateral symmetrical involvement of joints with some systemic clinical manifestations.[1] In this case study, A 48years old female, Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis) patient were registered from the O.P.D. & I.P.D. of Pt. khushilal sharma government ayurveda hospital, bhopal. The patient was came with the chief complaints of morning stiffness more than 1 hour, pain alongwith stiffness in metacarpophalangeal joints, wrist joint, knee joint, ankle joints bilaterally since 4 years. In this case, patient was treated with Ayurvedic drugs. Ayurveda is an ancient scientific medical knowledge in the world. So many Ayurvedic managements had been described in the Ayurvedic classical books for the treatment of Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis). Such Ayurvedic management i.e. Deepana Pachana, Baluka Sweda, Snehapana, virechan along with Shaman Chikitsa mentioned by Acharya Chakradutta, has been selected for this case study on the management of Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis). A patient who has been diagnosed is treated with Simhanad Gugglu, Chitrakadi vati, Ajmodadi churna, snehpana, sarwang abhyanga and swedan, virechanakarma. The end of the treatment contributed to a decrease in overall symptoms.

Keywords: Amavata, Rheumatoid arthritis, Baluka Sweda.