Abstract

CLINICAL EFFICACY OF ALAMABUSHADI CHURNA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AMAVATA

*Dr. Rekha Meena, Dr. Suchetta Verma and Dr. Kedar Lal Meena

Abstract

Introduction: The symptoms of amavata are identical to rheumatism which includes rheumatoid arthritis. The ama and vitiated vata combines and circulate into body and occupies shleshma sthana results painful disease amavata[1] producing symptoms such as stiffness, swelling and tenderness in the small and large joints, making a person lame. Material & Methods: A non-randomized, single-armed, open-labeled clinical trial was conducted in fifteen patients having classical symptoms of amavata, administered with 5 mg of alambushadi churna twice a day before meal for 60 days. The assessment was done based on subjective parameters i.e., sandhishula (pain in joints), sandhishotha (swelling in joints), apaka (indigestion) etc. The results were statistically analyzed using the paired t-test. Results: Statistically highly significant relief (P < 0.001) was noted in sandhishula, sandhishotha, apaka etc. Conclusion: Alambushadi churna can be considered as an effective formulation in the management of amavata.

Keywords: Amavata, Ama, Alambushadi churna.