Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF AMAVATA - A CASE STUDY

Sonu Chouhan*, Sanjay Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar Jain and Priyanka Nahar

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Abstract

Amavata is one of the commonest disorders caused by the impairment of agni, formation of ama and vitiation of vata dosh. Ensuing in the production of ama and this ama circulates in the complete body by means of the vitiated vata and receives positioned in the shleshmasthan (amashaya asthisandhi etc) inflicting pain, stiffness and swelling over the small and big joints making a person lame. It is a chronic inflammatory systemic disorder affecting mainly the synovial joints in the body. Acharya Chakradatta metioned chikitsa siddhanta for management of amavata. Which consist langhan, swedan use of drugs having tikta, katu rasa and deepana property, virechana, snehapana and vasti. These modalities help in amapachana, vatashamana, strotoshodhan and sthana balya. The first specified description of amavata as a sickness is observed in madhav nidana, so the existing study offers with systemic assessment of amavata.

Keywords: Amavat, ama, rheumatoid arthritis, sinhanaad guggul, Baluka sweda.