Abstract

AYURVEDIC APPROACH IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (AMAVATA) A CASE REPORT

Dr. Jyoti Khandare*, Dr. V. E. Gogate and Dr. S. V. Suryavanshi

Abstract

Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease that can cause chronic inflammation of the joint & may involve other areas of the body. Rheumatoid Arthritis can cause permanent joint destruction & deformity. Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that can be found in the blood of 80% of people with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Amavata is a disease condition which is a comparable with Rheumatoid Arthritis in modern medicine. In Amavata disease, Ama Dosha is being directed into joints by the vitiated Vata Dosha (Vyana Vata) and affects the shleshma dhara kala may be similar to synovial tissue inflammation resulting in effusion & swelling of joints. Due to this restriction of movement & persistent unendurable pain confined patient to bed with limited working area. In this case study 48 year old female patient complaining of pain, tenderness. Inflammation of all joints was being diagnosed as a case of Rheumatoid Arthritis since 1 year. Treatment planned in three steps. Firstly Valuka sweda externally with Rukshan kashaya internally, dashanga shunthi lepa externally & Sinhanada guggulu internally as a shaman chikitsa then vaitarana basti. Visual analogue scale of pain, tenderness, stiffness of all joint score are used to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment. Patient of Rheumatoid Arthritis treated successfully with the Ayurvedic Treatment, has been presented here.

Keywords: Rheumatoid Athritis, Amavata, vaitaran basti, valuka sweda.