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CONCEPT OF AGNI IN ĀMAVĀTA W.S R. TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND ITS MANAGEMENT WITH ŚATAPUṢPĀDI CŪRṆA WITH ŚUṆṬHYĀDI KVĀTHA- A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Deshmukh Prashant Nareshrao and Dr. Talekar Manisha Tatobaji

Abstract

Introduction: Āmavāta (Rheumatoid Arthritis) is the most common persistent inflammatory joint disorder occurring throughout the world. There is no specific treatment in modern medicine other than NSAID‟s and steroids which has much more side effects hence the present study aimed to observe the efficacy of śatapuṣpādi cūrṇa[1] with śuṇṭhyādi kvātha[2] and the concept of agni in Āmavāta. Due to hypofunctioning of Ushma (Jathragni) the first Dhātu “Rasa” is not properly formed. This malformed Rasa is called as Āma. (gananatha sen) Improperly formed Anna Rasa is Āma & it causes srotorodha resulting in to vitiation of vāta doṣa, a condition is called Āmavāta. Materials and methods: A male patient of age 58 years having morning stiffness, pain and swelling over phalanges, wrist & knee joint since 2-3 months came to the OPD. He was also having aruci gaurava agnimāndya and was diagnosed as Āmavāta. It was the early stage of the disease. In that patient I used the samprapti vighatana chikitsa by using śatapuṣpādi cūrṇa with śuṇṭhyādi kvātha. Clinical assessment was done after every 15 days for 2 months. Result: After treatment I found that patient was relived from most of the symptoms like morning stiffness, aruci, joint pain and agnimāndya and in pathological findings ESR also decreased. Conclusion: This case study shows that Āmavāta can be treated in its initial stage by agni chikitsa with dipan pachan drugs śatapuṣpādi cūrṇa with śuṇṭhyādi kvātha.

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