Abstract

A REVIEW ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF HARITAKI GUGGUL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AMAVATA

Vd. Swati S. Maurya*, Vd. Rashmita H. Chauhan and Vd. Siddharth D. Gaikwad

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Abstract

Due to modernization and changing lifestyle, emotional stress, change in dietary habits such as intake of indigestible heavy foods, daily intake of milk products especially yogurt, lack of physical activity or doing exercise after having high calories/ fatty foods (snigdha ahara) can lead to impairment of digestive fire (Mandagni); formation of ama & vitiation of vata. Ama is formed as a result of mandagni and in Ayurved it is stated that mandagni is the main reason behind any disease to occur. This ama circulates in the whole body by the vitiated vata through dhamanies and gets accumulated in the trika and shleshma sthana & causes pain, swelling and stiffness over the big and small joints. The clinical features of Amavata resembles with Rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammatory and symmetrical polyarthritis with multisystem involvement. In Brihat Nighantu Ratnakar Amavata karma vipaka Adhyaya Haritaki Guggul is mentioned for the treatment of amavata. Haritaki Guggul is a polyherbal drug. It contains Haritaki, Nagar, Vriddhadaru, Erand and Guggul. In this an attempt has been made to understand the possible mode of action of Haritaki Guggul in the management of Amavata.

Keywords: Amavata, Haritaki Guggul, Ama, Mandagni, Rheumatoid arthritis.