Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY OF JATIPHALA TAILA ABHYANGA ON VATARAKTA

Dr. Nithish K.* and Dr. Krishna Prakash M. K.

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Abstract

Vatarakta is the disease with the involvement of aggravated „Vata’ Dosha along with vitiated „Rakta’ Dhatu. Vatarakta is the variety of disease which has been imposing challenge for both physicians and patients. The disease Vatarakta in contemporary science mimics with various types of arthritis with not only restriction in movement of limbs but also leads to deformity if it persists in the body for long time duration. Arthritis effects more than 180 million people (15% of population) in India. Prevalence of this disease is been increasing due to the unwholesome physical activities and altered food habits of the people. Here an effort is made to study the efficacy of Sooryapaka Jatiphala Taila Abhyanga in Vatarakta. This is a single drug study with a sample size of 30 patients. Sufficient quantity of Jatiphala Taila was given for Abhyanga for the period of 14days, and the data was collected from the subjects at baseline i.e. 7th day (during treatment), 14th day (after treatment) and 21st day (follow up). The overall effect of Jatiphala Taila Abhyanga on Vatarakta was 70.81% and all the parameters showed statistically significant results except Vakrata.

Keywords: Vatarakta, Sooryapaka Jatiphala Taila, Abhyanga, Arthritis.