Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF TRUTYADI CHURNA IN AMAVATA W.S.R. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Vishnupriya Seetharam*, Veerakumara K., Vijayendra Bhat and Shrilatha Kamath

Abstract

As the advancement of life starts, many of the traditional and healthy habits gets ignored. This may lead to smallest change related to body cells, tissues, or even organ and different systems of the body. Amavata is a disease produced out of Ama an intermediate product of Annarasa due to the sluggished status of Agni. Efforts regarding to find out many better alternatives are still going on, but still impossible. Hence an effort is done here to evaluate and prove the effectiveness of a standardized drug mentioned in classics, Trutyadi churna by name to the patients with Amavata. Objective: 20 patients were being selected from the OPD and IPD of S.D.M. College of Ayurveda & Hospital, Udupi. Intervention: All the patients selected for the study were given with the oral administration of 16 capsules of the hard gel each containing of 250mg Trutyadi Churna TID after the food along with the Sita Sadhita Jala. Outcome measures: Assessment was done based on the Primary and Secondary outcome measures on the Day 0 and Day 14. Results: Among the 20 patients taken, it was found that maximum of the 11 patients (55%) had good improvement, 6 patients (30%) had Moderate improvement and 2 patients (10%) had only mild improvement and 1 patient with excellent improvement after the intervention. Conclusion: From the statistical results obtained after the analysis, it is concluded that Trutyadi Churna is helpful in reducing the signs and symptoms of Amavata.

Keywords: Amavata, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Trutyadi churna.