Abstract

THE CLINICAL EFFICACY OF VISHALADI PHANTA IN AMAVATA: A SINGLE CASE STUDY

Vandana Rawat*, Priyaranjan Tiwari and D. K. Goyal

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Abstract

Amavata is one of the chronic disorder mainly affecting the joints. It is a shula pradhan disease and according to Acharya Madhava, the intensity of pain is high grade among the other disease. This disease varies from person to person with its clinical pattern. It has been a great challenging disease for the medical science due to its chronicity, incurability, complications etc. Various treatment procedures are applied in this disease with partial success. In the present clinical study, a 35 year old female patient of Amavata (Rheumatoid Arthritis) were treated with the formulation called Vishaladi Phanta to evaluate its efficacy. Vishaladi Phanta was described in Charak Samita (Ch.Chi.16/60-62).

Keywords: Amavata, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Vishaladi Phanta, Charak Samita.