ALAMBUSHADI CHURNA A GOOD DRUG FOR AMAVATA (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS) MANAGEMENT A CLASSICAL REVIEW

Abstract

As per Ayurveda any dravya (substance) is ausadha (drug) but all of them cannot be used everywhere and the use of a particular drug for a particular purpose demands the yukti (the planning) and Ayurveda treatment is basically Samprapti Vighatana (break down the Patho-genesis). Ama (biotoxin) and vitiated Vata (bioforce) are the main causative factor in the dis-ease manifestation of Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis). One important plant based Ayurvedic drug i.e. Alambushadi Churna have been selected from famous Ayurvedic book (i.e. Bhava Prakasha) for its Ayurvedic drug review in context of Amavata. It is a poly herbal Ayurvedic drug and thirteen Ayurvedic medicinal plants are used in it as ingredients. Its ingredients have vata-kapha-shamaka (vata-kapha-reducing) properties and have mainly deepan (en-zyme stimulant), amapachan (biotoxin neutralizing), shothaghna (anti-inflamatory), vedanasthapaka (analgesic), jwaraghna (anti-pyretic), rasayana (rejuvenator), valya (power enhancer) and amavatahara (anti-rheumtoid) actions which help to break down the samprapti (pathogenesis) of Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis) and to reduce the clinical mani-festations of Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis).